Erling Haaland’s outrageous 84th-minute winner in opposition to t his former membership Borussia Dortmund has been when compared with Johan Cruyff’s acrobatic purpose in opposition to Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou in 1973.
The cross from Joao Cancelo was once virtually past Haaland as he leapt off the bottom to achieve a pass that the majority avid gamers would have attempted to hit with their proper foot.
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However the towering Norwegian ahead isn’t like maximum avid gamers and he hooked the ball with the out of doors of his left foot into the Dortmund purpose, prompting an astonished roar from the house crowd.
It drew exuberant reward from his supervisor, Pep Guardiola, who when compared Haaland to his former Barcelona trainer Johan Cruyff.
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In a sport in opposition to Atletico Madrid in 1973, Cruyff leapt into the air out of doors the some distance publish, diverting a pass into the online from a remarkably acute attitude with the out of doors of his proper heel at chest top.
“What a purpose,” he stated. “I keep in mind a very long time in the past in Barcelona Johan Cruyff scored one reasonably an identical in opposition to Atletico Madrid. It’s great Erling emulated Johan Cruyff.
“Possibly the individuals who know me know the affect of Cruyff in my existence as an individual, mentor and supervisor. Years in the past he scored in Camp Nou and scored a purpose v Atleti, it was once reasonably very similar to Haaland and the instant he scored it I felt Cruyff, it was once reasonably an identical.”
It was once a twenty sixth purpose in simply 21 Champions League video games for Haaland, who has scored for Town in six directly video games and has a price of higher than a purpose according to sport this season. He has now scored 13 targets in 8 video games since making his transfer from the Bundesliga membership Borussia Dortmund.