As Haaland breaks goals record, Guardiola issues warning

As if the sight of Erling Haaland scoring his 35th Premier League goal of the season wasnt daunting enough for defenses across Europe Pep Guardiola delivered an ominous warning to Manchester Citys rivalsThe Norwegian goal machine who set a scoring record in English soccers top division on Wednesday has only just begunOf course this record will be broken sooner or later maybe by him in the future Guardiola said He will score a lot of goals His mentality is to score more more But when he scores hes like I want to score in the next actionAlso ReadOdegaard We used anger to bounce backHaalands 70thminute strike in the 30 win against West Ham at Etihad Stadium helped fire City back to the top of the standings one point above Arsenal with a game in handHe moved clear of Alan Shearer and Andy Coles previous record of 34 goals in a season and with five league games still to play could further extend his new benchmarkI have the feeling he will score goals for his mentality Guardiola added When you are anxious in both boxes you are not a good striker or defender and he is so calmI learn a lot as a manager from this type of mentalityThose are telling comments from a manager who has coached some of the greatest goalscorers of all time at Barcelona Bayern Munich and CityGuardiolas Barcelona team included Lionel Messi and at Munich he had Robert LewandowskiAt City he inherited a team with Sergio Aguero who would go on to become the clubs alltime leading scorerHaaland however has given a new dimension to a team that has already dominated English soccer since Guardiola took over in 2016He has now scored 51 goals in all competitions in his first year in English soccer On Wednesday his achievement earned him a guard of honor from his teammates as he left the fieldWhen there is a special occasion we have to show how special it is Guardiola said iquestToday it was with Erling and to overcome the position of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer They are incredible top strikers so its specialIt is not just the Premier League title that Haalands goals are firing City toward but the Champions League and FA Cup as well as the club pursues a treble of trophiesGuardiola is yet to win the Champions League without Messi having won European soccers elite competition twice with the Argentine great at BarcelonaIt feels like Haaland could have a similarly inspirational effect on City to end his managers search for a first European crown since 2011We cannot achieve if the club does not provide us with great strikers top quality players upfront Its not possible Guardiola saidHaaland meanwhile does not seem to be distracted by his march toward the history booksWe cannot keep thinking of these records my head would become crazy so I dont think of these thingsiquest he said I will go home play some video games and then sleepNathan Ake set City on course for a ninthstraight win in the league heading in Riyad Mahrez free kick in the 50th minuteHaalands set his record when he lifted the ball over Lukasz Fabianski in the 70th and Phil Fodens deflected effort in the 85th sealed the win with the 1000th goal of Guardiolas time in charge at CityLIVERPOOL CLOSE INLiverpools Champions League hopes may be slim but they are not over yetDespite a disappointing season for the Merseyside club a run of five league wins has moved it to within four points of fourthplace Manchester UnitedUnited has two games in hand but will be conscious of its position as Liverpool applies the pressure in the final weeks of the campaignMohamed Salahs 39thminute penalty secured a 10 win against Fulham as Jurgen Klopps team finally found some consistency in the latter part of the seasonWe just have to win our games and see where it takes usKlopp said At the moment Im happy with our direction We just have to keep going and in the end well look at the table and take what we can getThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever