Norwegian international striker Erling Haaland proved the state of attacking weakness that his team, Manchester City, has been experiencing since the beginning of the 2024/25 season, thus the reason for the decline in the English Premier League standings, and the exit from the top four after 3 consecutive losses.

Haaland appeared in Manchester City's starting lineup against Liverpool, in the 13th round match of the English Premier League, this evening, Sunday, December 1, 2024, among 9 other players who have not scored any goals in the competition so far.

The lineup included Mateus Nunez, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Luis Rico, Ilkay Gundogan, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker and Ruben Diaz, all of whom failed to find the back of the net over the past 12 rounds.

This scene is one of the strange scenes that has been unusual for Manchester City for many years, for its squad to include such a large number of players who are unable to score goals.

The Opta Sports Statistics Network commented on this interesting observation, during the first half of Manchester City’s match against Liverpool this evening, saying, “Haaland is the only player in Man City’s starting lineup who was able to score in the English Premier League this season.”

English football fans have become accustomed to the presence of more than one scorer in the Manchester City squad during the first 10 rounds of each season since the arrival of Emirati businessman Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2010 to spend on the club, and even before the team rose and joined the senior ranks. Premier League.

Mattheus Nunez, who joined from Wolverhampton in 2023, had only two assists in 8 Premier League matches, with Rico Luis making two goals and Ilkay Gundogan scoring one.

Phil Foden, who was scoring many goals smoothly, only made one goal in nine matches before today's match, and Bernardo Silva provided only 3 assists in 12 matches, and he was the one who scored with both feet and even with his head!

As for the defensive line players, they did not assist or score any goals, in an extremely rare event.

Do you think that Manchester City will pay the price for its excessive interest in making Haaland the greatest scorer in the history of the English Premier League? Or is the flaw in Haaland himself because he is unable to provide key passes to those around him and open spaces for the midfielders? There is no doubt that these are questions that need quick answers from Pep Guardiola during the upcoming matches..