Erling Haaland: What makes Manchester City striker such a good goalscorer?

Haaland’s critics might jump on this as proof that anyone could score bundles of goals if they played up front for Manchester City.

But what that fails to recognise is that no other player would get as many and as good chances as Haaland does because they’re not as strong, fast or tall as he is.

Nor do they have the incredible movement, anticipation and reflexes that he does that make him such an unmanageable monstrosity for defenders.

While obviously playing for Pep Guardiola’s side means he gets great service from his team-mates, if we compare his non-penalty numbers to another world-class striker who’s played there – Sergio Aguero – Haaland’s brilliance in getting great chances becomes clear.

Despite shooting more often than Haaland, Aguero didn’t score as many goals and, looking at their shot conversion rates, it seems that the Norwegian was simply more clinical.

But when we take the quality of their shots into account, Aguero was actually a better finisher – converting 2% more of his chances than a player would historically.

However, Haaland consistently creates himself much better chances to score, so he still comes out as the better goalscorer overall.