I'm NOT on the level of Messi and Ronaldo! | Erling Haaland

Football

Year2025

Duration14m

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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland says he is not on the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as he talks about his records, ambitions and more. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:15 Can you beat your record? Which record 00:45 Just think game to game, last game is history 01:08 I’m definitely getting better, developing good 01:25 Robot celebration? Everybody knows why I did this if you check my comment sections 01:44 I never plan any celebration 02:06 Been practising my headers since 2017 02:58 Defending set-pieces is not the nicest, but anything to help the team 03:30 For me it’s completely normal to be a humble, I’m just a Norwegian guy, even if I’m scoring goals, I’m just Erling 04:15 I know Shearer’s record but I ignore them, I can’t think about records I can break 04:45 I know it’s boring and you want me to say the opposite but that’s not how it is 05:10 I felt really good in pre-season, I felt energised 05:32 You need the energy and to feel good to perform good 06:02 On level of Messi and Ronaldo? No not at all, far off 06:25 Norway’s last World Cup was before I was born, my goal is to take Norway to a World Cup and Euros 07:25 Yeah I watch them, I’m a football fan, I live for football 07:55 I’m completely the same as I was for as long as I can remember 08:21 I’m more experienced of course, I’ve been playing since I was 16 08:45 It is the same Erling but with more experience 08:56 Still have friends at Dortmund, it is really special, I had an amazing time there 09:37 I still love the Champions League 09:58 Cherki is a good guy with amazing qualities 10:30 Cherki has this special ability, a little bit like De Bruyne had 11:00 Being a father changed my life, got me even more focussed 11:50 Last season was not ideal, we all know that we need to do better, we are motivated 12:53 It’s not the first season that I’ve barely been offside 13:16 I’ve been offside with City 18 times in 3.5 years @HaytersTV – Football Up Close. Visit our website: https://hayters.com/ We go be