Erling Haaland, The Next Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry – Pep Guardiola

Erling Haaland has been applauded by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who has dubbed him the next Cristiano Ronaldo or Thierry Henry.

This was Guardiola’s response to Haaland’s performance in Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham United.

Haaland, who transferred to Man City from Dortmund this summer, scored twice against West Ham at the London Stadium to give the Premier League champions the victory.

Pep Guardiola speaking to Sky Sports after the match said, “We did not have any doubt that a guy who has scored goals since he was born, that he would score goals here.

“Kyle Walker was amazing today, I want to make a compliment for him but all of them. Everyone was really good.

“ Erling Haaland gives us his qualities. We aren’t going to change much. We will adapt, we know we’ve a threat there.

“He’s an incredible deep runner and finisher. He’s adapting perfectly in the way we want to play. We are going to find him more and more and hopefully, we can give him the opportunity to score more goals.

“Of course, he has talent, but one week ago [against Liverpool], when he missed the chance, he had people say he was a failure and that he would not adapt to the Premier League and everyone laughed at him. Now he’s going [to be the next] Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo.

“Takes time. It’s the first Premier League game, he has a long career. When he’s going to retire, hopefully, stay many years here, we’ll analyse what he has become.”