In a key match in the fourth round of the Champions League stage that ended in the early morning of November 6, Beijing time, Manchester City was upset 1-4 away by Sporting de Portugal, losing three consecutive games in all competitions. And Norwegian striker Haaland once again continued his sluggish performance, and he missed many good chances from penalty kicks and won the lowest score of the game.
In this campaign, Haaland continued to start. In the first half, he threatened Sporting Portugal with three shots, but two of them were saved by Portuguese goalkeeper Iser and the other was cleared by the €70 million Jokres on the goal line.
When Manchester City started the second half with a flash crash and conceded two goals in a row to fall behind 3-1, Haaland had a golden opportunity to save Manchester City in need. In the 65th minute, Bench B created a handball and Manchester City won a valuable penalty. But Haaland, who was in charge of the penalty, was too angle-oriented and hit the lintel with a blast. After Haaland missed the point, Guardiola on the sidelines also had a disappointed but helpless expression. Even Haaland is so outrageous that there is no lower limit, and Guardiola also knows that Manchester City's trend has gone.
In stark contrast to Haaland, the opponent's team, the Swedish striker Jokrais, who is also from Northern Europe, not only scored two penalty kicks, but also scored a hat-trick, and also ruined Haaland's must-score goal on the goal line. On this night, Haaland undoubtedly lost to Manchester United's favorite target in the "Shenfeng Duel".
According to the statistics after the game, Haaland missed 2 great opportunities in 5 shots and 3 on target in this campaign, and he only scored 6.1 points, while in the last 3 consecutive games of Manchester City's 3 consecutive defeats, Haaland missed 8 major opportunities, and he is the player who missed the most major opportunities in the same period in the five major leagues.
Fortunately, Manchester City's real nucleus De Bruyne finally returned from injury and came off the bench. With the Belgian superstar behind him, it is believed that Haaland may soon show the style of the former "Devil" again.