Community Shield: Why Erling Haaland will be the man to stop when Man City renew aquaintances with Man United

Community Shield: Why Erling Haaland will be the man to stop when Man City renew aquaintances with Man United

Eric Munene 20:00 - 05.08.2024

Haaland has scored 5 goals in 4 club friendly fixtures sine July.

The Manchester rivalry will be renewed again when Manchester City and Manchester United battle for the Community Shield.

The last time these clubs met was in the FA cup final that saw Manchester United pull off a stunning performance to send the Citizens home empty handed.

In that game, Haaland was well pocketed by Varane and Martinez who did a good job to make him ineffective for majority of the game.

United will have to dela with Haaland again now without Varane. Their hopes rest on a defence plagued by injuries.

Haaland did not participate in the Euros and has been training and keeping fit ever since. United will have a difficult time keeping him silent.

In the four games that Manchester City has played in the pre-season friendly games, Haaland has scored 5 times.

He got one goal in their 3-4 loss to Celtic, scored again in another 2-3 loss to AC Milan and the scored a hattrick against Chelsea on Sunday.

United on the other hand have conceded 8 goals in the 5 games they have played in pre-season friendlies. They most recently lost 3-0 to Liverpool.

Heading into this fixture, Haaland will be looking to keep his form hot as he aims to get his revenge on United.

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