"First five minutes, he just kept on pushing me, so I was thinking, All right, let's have it', Haaland revealed to the Sky panel. So, then I started pushing him back, and for me, this is a proper goal. I was a bit tired before the game. Going into the game, I was thinking, It's going to be a tough game'. But then after 10 seconds, he starts pushing me, and he starts motivating me, so all praise to him, honestly, he made me want to do that."
"Reminded me a bit of Stoke City with Delap 15 years ago. They are huge and they do throw-ins from the middle, so of course it's not easy."
Manchester City defeated Brentford thanks to an early ninth-minute goal by Erling Haaland after a physical contest with Sepp van den Berg. Brentford, managed by Keith Andrews, deploys big, physical defenders and uses Michael Kayode's long, rangey throws as an attacking weapon. Haaland described the contest as reminiscent of Rory Delap-era Stoke City and credited the physical battle for motivating him to push back and score. Josko Gvardiol supplied the long ball that started the move. Haaland described feeling tired before the match but said the physical confrontation spurred him on.
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