Erling Haaland warned his Manchester City teammates should be as “p—– off” as he was by the nature of the team’s Champions League draw with Monaco on Wednesday.
City were 2–1 up at the break and should have been out of sight thanks to a performance which yielded 71% possession and 18 shots on goal, but their profligacy was punished by a 90th-minute penalty from former Tottenham Hotspur man Eric Dier.
The manner of City’s drop-off in the second half was particularly concerning for Haaland, whose total of 17 touches across the game was the lowest of any outfield player to feature for the full 90 minutes, and he let his frustrations show after the final whistle.
“I don’t think we played good enough,” he told . “We don’t deserve to win. We need more energy. We needed to do more of what we did in the first half. We dominated much more and then in the second half they took the lead much more. It’s not good enough.”
In a later interview with BBC’s , a furious Haaland added: “I’m p—– off. I think everyone should be. It’s not good enough.
“I don’t care [about getting more touches], I’m just doing my job. Right now I don’t think too much of that. Now I’m just, as I said, p—– off.”
