admin Harry Harris, author of Greatest Goalscorers The Art of Goalscoring from Dixie Dean to Erland Haaland, believes City striker Erling Haaland is unique.
The Norwegian scored a sensational 52 goals in his 2022/23 season, helping Josep Guardiola’s side to win the treble for only the second team in English football history.
With this astounding record, he broke a number of national and European records in his first period at the Etihad Stadium, as well as individual awards in his Premier League, including his Player and Young Player of the Year. I got many.
And Harris says what makes him special is the fact that he’s racking up staggering numbers in the modern game.
“I think it’s because he scores [a lot of goals] in modern football,” he explained.
“I think people remember how great the games were in the past, but I remember it and some of the pitches were worse than the ones I played at Hackney Marsh!”
“Heavy ball, heavy shoes, and no protection by baseball players,” umpire.
“This should give him some protection, but it still showed how many bruises and wounds Haaland had in every game he played. I think it’s better to see how the game has changed and evolved with managers like Pep Guardiola, (Jürgen) Klopp and (Mauricio) Pochettino.
“We’re talking about playing from behind, but it’s not just about holding the ball in defense, it’s about playing attacking football with an open defense.” I think it means a player can score a lot of goals in a game.” A creative team like Manchester City. ‘ is available.
Mr. Harris, representing his 90th book, details the numerous prolific killers who have contributed to the game with fame and rank.
And the author states that the purpose of this book is to highlight frontmen who are phenomenal with great numbers and frontmen who have had eye-catching hits.
“What we want to achieve with this book is to outline the difference between a great goal scorer and a great goal scorer,” added Harris.
“I think great scorers collect statistics to be the best ever.
“For example, Maradona scored the goal of the century [against England in 1986], but numerically he is not on the list of all-time top scorers.
“Alan Shearer said, Interestingly, he wrote in the preface to this book, “What is goal-scoring technology?” Because this book deals with it in a fascinating way.
“I thought he must be the most qualified person to answer that question, so I asked, ‘What is it?’
“He said, ‘Broadly speaking, scorers are born, not made.’ In his view, being in the right place at the right time is what we There’s a scorer like you’re arguing about.’ I think that’s what you saw at Harland. “
You can purchase The Greatest Goalscorers: The Art of Goalscoring from Dixie Dean to Erland Haaland here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Goalscorers-Goalscoring-Erland-Haaland/dp/1915616042
