Manchester City is currently still very ready and could easily beat Real Madrid again.
Haaland is still Pep Guardiola's mainstay and as long as these two important roles are still with Man City, they will remain the strongest club after Real Madrid.
Haaland can't do much when facing Madrid, therefore Guardiola needs new players on the front lines who can accompany Haaland to be more productive in scoring goals easily. Haaland can only shine when facing an underdog team, whereas if he meets a strong team In fact, he can't penetrate the defense well and even has difficulty scoring goals. I don't think Guardiola can continue to rely on Haaland because there are still many great players who can be recruited into Manchester City's main squad to fill the front line so they can be more productive when facing strong and difficult teams. . I'm still not sure Manchester City will win the UCL next season if they don't make changes to their current main squad. Haaland is still Pep Guardiola's mainstay and as long as these two important roles are still with Man City, they will remain the strongest club after Real Madrid.
It's not even the issue of him.not playing well against Real Madrid, I believe its the fact that Harland is just so direct and when he is been tightly marked off then the ability to score goal will be reduced. Any team that successful man mark Harland he finds hard to score against them, he is not like the likes of aguero and squarez that are very good with their feet and also flexible too.
Haaland has a very strong physics, and this makes him less flexible like suarez or aguero. The problem is that the team now knows how to stop him. They sent two CBs to guard him. This is also very effective in stopping him because Haaland is not flexible.
I consider Haaland is fast enough. But, flexibility is key to dodging opponents. That's why haaland is playing as a pure striker only.
That's why it's hard to find someone like CR7 at his prime. He is very flexible, strong, and fast.
You see it's not about sending two players to guard him,it's about marking him closely so he doesn't have a good time, I have watched Lisandro Martinez doing this to him first when they faced off in the Champions League Competition ( Borrussia Dortmund vs Ajax ) that was actually tue first time I noticed Lisandro Martinez. Secondly, it was the name Tony Rudiger as he rendered him useless in the Champions League Competition.
Tchouameni did the same thing too, to cage him up. His body has nothing to do with all these, if he gets a clear cut chance he'll definitely perform and score enough goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo would always remain the greatest goalscorer of all time, he sis second to non when it comes to scoring and converting chances. Sad to see how the media making mockery of him despite all he has done for football.
I feel like the only way to unlock Erling Haaland in such tight games for him would be to play a second striker with him to free him up. Let's see if Premier League defenders will do better against him this season.