It isn’t very reasonable is, it? Come on Erling, these individuals have households. The rampant Norwegian is proving to be the standard supply of chaos, chaos that when all is claimed and achieved will most likely see Manchester Metropolis beat Arsenal to the Premier League title for the third 12 months in a row.
Haaland is a robotic, an alien, a footballing juggernaut who destroys everybody and the whole lot in his wake.
As Arsenal slumped to a 1-1 draw with Brighton in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off, Man Metropolis responded in emphatic vogue. Nicely, their striker responded.
Pep Guardiola’s foremost man was at it once more on the London Stadium to down West Ham in brutal, mesmerising vogue.
Haaland’s efficiency towards West Ham
The Norway worldwide’s hat-trick towards Ipswich City the weekend prior felt inevitable. Kieran McKenna’s males carried out some admirable enterprise within the switch window however little or no can put together you for the onslaught of Haaland.
The Tractor Boys went 1-0 up however the powerhouse ahead responded by knocking three targets previous them. Nicely, he was at it once more towards West Ham on Saturday night.
One other hat-trick was notched as much as take his early season tally to seven targets in three outings. For anybody who would not have him of their fantasy workforce, fairly frankly, what are you taking part in at?
That is an unstoppable beast and the way in which wherein he took his trio of targets within the capital two days in the past was freakish. The second was a rasping crunching effort that soared previous the goalkeeper and the third, out of nowhere, was fairly magnificent.
Haaland ran in behind and comfortably slotted the ball previous substitute goalkeeper and former Arsenal man Lukasz Fabianski as if he wasn’t even within the web.
So, good luck Gunners. Really, good luck discovering a method to beat Man Metropolis once they have him up entrance.
How do they reply? Nicely, regardless of not including a centre-forward to their ranks over the summer time, they’re starting to construct fairly the weapon up entrance.
Arsenal’s reply to Haaland
Now, hear us out, however Kai Havertz does have comparable attributes to Haaland.
He could not have the goalscoring prowess – though that’s enhancing – however he has a prolonged construct that ensures he’s a nightmare for defenders, boasts outstanding energy and is left-footed.
That final one is slightly tenuous, admittedly, however like we stated, hear us out for a couple of minutes, he has come a great distance since his blase angle was stated to be “like Mesut Ozil” by Paul Merson.
Standing at 6 foot 4, the £65m signing from Chelsea is definitely the identical top as Metropolis’s no.9. So, there’s the primary field ticked.
The place else are they comparable? Nicely, they have that type of play that appears slightly easy. The German has already been in comparison with a determine like Dennis Bergkamp and it is clear to see why.
He will not be as swish as the good Dutchman however like Haaland, that wirey body and the lengthy strides they possess turn out to be useful when searching for two issues; somebody to carry the ball up and somebody to often problem defenders.
Till just lately, Havertz had been taking part in as extra of a false 9 within the Arsenal workforce. But, in 2024/25, he is been given the keys to develop into the main man. The way in which he took his aim towards Brighton on Saturday was Haaland-esque, racing onto a ball in behind and plonking the ball over Bart Verbruggen.
Stylistically there are additionally clear variations. Haaland has tempo. Havertz is not blessed vastly in that division. The numbers do inform us one thing fascinating although, even when we won’t quantify their greatest similarity; energy.
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Haaland vs Havertz: 24/25 PL Season |
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Stat (per 90 minutes) |
Haaland |
Havertz |
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Progressive carries |
1.33 |
2.00 |
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Progressive passes |
1.00 |
3.33 |
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Passes accomplished |
6 |
15 |
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Passes into closing third |
0.33 |
0.33 |
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Shot-creating actions |
1.67 |
2.67 |
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Tackles received |
0.67 |
0.67 |
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Touches |
16.7 |
32.3 |
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Stats by way of FBRef. |
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A go is taken into account progressive if the gap between the start line and the following contact is not less than 10 meters nearer to the opponent’s aim or any accomplished go into the penalty space.
As we famous above, there are clear variations in some areas. Havertz is extra artistic, boasting extra progressive passes per 90 minutes. There’s a purpose former teammate Roberto Hilbert as soon as declared the Germany worldwide has “some issues Ozil had”. This time we’re evaluating the 2 Germans in a constructive mild.
That stated, they don’t seem to be actually too dissimilar within the carrying division. They do not full an terrible variety of passes per 90 minutes and defensively they’ve truly been comparatively on par this time period, main the press with 0.67 tackles apiece.
There may be little likelihood that Havertz finally ends up ending the marketing campaign as prolific a goalscorer as Haaland however each of them, with their languid and rangy playstyles, will show key within the vacation spot of this season’s Premier League title.
