‘You just have to hope he doesn’t have his best day!’ Erling Haaland’s former team-mate Marco Reus admits it will ‘not be easy’ to stop the Man City star as he prepares to line up against the Norwegian for Borussia Dortmund
- Manchester City host Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League at the Etihad
- Erling Haaland will come up against the side he left for £51m this past summer
- The Norwegian has carried over his electrifying scoring form over to his new side
- Marco Reus is aware that Dortmund will need to be at their best to stop Haaland
Marco Reus says Borussia Dortmund will have stop former team-mate Erling Haaland ‘as much as possible’ if they are to get a positive result against Manchester City.
Haaland, who scored 86 goals in 89 appearances for the Bundesliga side, will face his former team-mates for the first time since his £51million switch over the summer.
Ahead of Wednesday night’s Champions League clash, the 22-year-old has already scored 12 goals in just eight appearances for the reigning Premier League champions.
Erling Haaland will come up against Marco Reus (centre) and the rest of his former Borussia Dortmund team-mates when the Bundesliga side face Manchester City on Wednesday evening
Haaland has been in electric form since joining Man City, scoring 12 goals in eight appearances
Dortmund captain Reus hopes that Haaland won’t have his ‘best day’ and acknowledges it won’t be easy to stop the Norwegian striker.
As reported by the Guardian, Reus said: ‘It’s simply sensational how he is performing at the moment in Manchester. It helps that his teammates are not the worst.
‘How do you stop him? Good question. It’s not easy to stop him. One of the keys is not to be too late with your decisions, to be good at anticipating what is going to happen.
‘You have to stay close to him to be able to stop him as much as possible for 90 minutes. Then you just have to hope he doesn’t have his best day.’
Haaland was one of the most sought-after strikers in world football following his impressive goal return during his two-and-a-half-year stint at Dortmund.
Marco Reus is aware that Dortmund will need to stop Haaland to improve their chances of getting a positive result from Wednesday night’s Champions League…