Kevin De Bruyne believes Erling Haaland made a very good decision when he opted to join Manchester City, saying he does not understand anyone who doubted the Norwegian.
Although Haaland endured a quiet outing as City fell to a 1-0 loss at Liverpool on Sunday – their first defeat of the Premier League season – he has made a brilliant start to life in England.
Haaland has scored 15 goals in 10 Premier League games since joining City, and became the first player in the competition s history to hit hat-tricks in three successive home games earlier this month.
De Bruyne has already struck up a strong understanding with Haaland, and believes City s depth of attacking quality has made the striker s adaptation easier.
I don t understand why people would say it would be difficult to score goals here, De Bruyne told City s website.
I think we have an amazing team, we create a lot of opportunities for our strikers so if he s there, he will score goals.
I think he made a very good decision to come.
Haaland scored nine goals in his first five Premier League games – the best return in the competition s history, and De Bruyne thinks it was crucial for the 22-year-old to hit the ground running.
He did it before. He s a very good striker, De Bruyne added. I am very happy for him that he started the way that he started with us, because obviously there was a lot of pressure coming here.
But he s fine, he s very relaxed and he s started well. He scores a lot of goals, so he s helping us to win games.
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