Erling Haaland has hit out at he and his Manchester Metropolis team-mates for the character of their ’embarrassing’ 3-1 Champions League defeat at Bodo/Glimt.
Metropolis had been comfortably overwhelmed in Norway as two objectives from Kasper Hogh and an exquisite Jens Petter Hauge strike consigned them to a shock defeat on Tuesday night time.
Rayan Cherki pulled one again on the hour-mark for the guests however any hope of a comeback was evaporated when Rodri was despatched off after amassing two yellow playing cards in 54 seconds.
Reflecting on the way of their loss, Haaland didn’t maintain again – labelling it as ‘not adequate’ and apologising to the Metropolis supporters who made the journey to Scandinavia.
‘I feel we did our greatest however there’s one thing that is lacking,’ he conceded to TNT Sports activities.
‘I take full duty, along with Rodri, Tijjani [Reijnders], our skilled gamers.
Erling Haaland has blasted he and his Manchester Metropolis team-mates for his or her loss at Bodo/Glimt
Haaland and his team-mates had been comprehensively overwhelmed 3-1 of their Champions League journey
‘I do not need to blame anybody however we have to take extra duty as a result of ultimately it is not adequate. We’re Man Metropolis. We won’t go round and never win video games. It should not be like this and ultimately, it is deserved.
‘I haven’t got the solutions and take full duty for not scoring the objectives. All I can do is apologise to each single Man Metropolis supporter who travelled immediately as a result of it is embarrassing.
‘In the long run, Bodo performed some unbelievable soccer and it was deserved. Truthfully I do not know what to say as a result of I haven’t got the solutions. Sorry.’
The striker’s frustrations, mirror that of supervisor Pep Guardiola’s who admitted Metropolis are fragile after a shock defeat within the Arctic Circle – however insisted that they don’t seem to be taking part in as poorly as outcomes counsel.
The defeat at Bodo/Glimt means Metropolis’s hopes of clean passage into the final 16 shall be depending on the closing group stage sport towards Galatasaray subsequent Wednesday.
Metropolis have received simply two of their final seven video games in all competitions with the loss in Norway compounded after Saturday’s complete Manchester derby defeat.
‘After all we misplaced and the whole lot because the new yr is towards (us) in lots of, many issues,’ Guardiola mentioned.
Pep Guardiola has rued Metropolis’s fortunes – saying that they really feel like ‘the whole lot goes incorrect’
‘Now we have the sensation that the whole lot goes incorrect in lots of particulars and we’ve to attempt to change it however the gamers are there. I did not underestimate Bodo, I understand how good a group they’re.’
Guardiola was with out 11 gamers by way of damage, suspension or ineligibility for the defeat, with Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi obtainable for Saturday’s conflict with Wolves.
The Metropolis boss added: ‘We arrived in some departments with out vital gamers and they’re slightly bit fragile like they had been final season in a sure interval. However how they fought, 10 towards 11 – a whole lot of gamers made a step up.’
