I have a slightly different idea, Haaland is not the key factor that helped Man City win the championship. Erling Haaland is a small player in a big match, he always fails in the final.
Erling Haaland statistics in the final match were not very impressive, he seemed to lose his sharpness when Manchester City was struggling in an important match. He is not the only key player in Manchester City's success because every time the club he plays for is fighting for the title, he always misses out on scoring goals.
Following are Erling Haaland's statistics in the final:
- Community Shield Final 2022 vs Liverpool: 0 goals.
- Community Shield Final 2023 vs Arsenal: 0 goals.
- Champions League Final2023 vs Inter: 0 goals.
- UEFA Super Cup Final 2023 vs Sevilla: 0 goals.
- FA Cup Final 2023 vs Manchester United: 0 goals.
- FA Cup Final 2024 vs Manchester United: 0 goals.
This statistics about Erling haaland is very much true not doubt, but that doesn't make him less effective as the point man of Manchester city, because in all this top matches being mentioned, he is actually starved of the desired service he is actually used too, and secondly, most opposition sees him as the player with the most goal threat in this Manchester city team, so they pay more attention to taking him out of the game, sometimes they even place two players on him, just to reduce the threat he poses, and that has help Manchester city in those matches somehow, because since the whole concentration is on him, it normally create chances for other players to get the goals, that's why I wouldn't judge him for not scoring in those games, because he is the brain behind those goals scored.
And even if he does nothing on that day, only his presence in the opposition goal, always make the opposition defenders occupied, they wouldn't have that freedom of moving up the pitch as they would have loved to, due to the presence of the beast of an attacker, Erling haaland.