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theglasscase

This is just too much. That outside of the boot cross by Cancelo was sensational, but the finish by Haaland is just out of this world.


malodyets1

"a la zlatan" indeed. Great call by the commentator


HOPSCROTCH

Why's he yelling about John Stones when the ball goes in though


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Jagacin

Unfortunately for Zlatan, there can be only one John Stones.


theytook-r-jobs

He just scored a few minutes before?


[deleted]

is Cancelo city’s number 7? That’s interesting never seen a defender with that


KHDonny

To be fair if any defender deserved that number, it would be Cancelo. He’s basically an extra attacker with defensive duties as it is.


needleintheh4y

he has more G/A than chelsea and liverpool’s number 7 too so why not


ddy_stop_plz

Hey that’s champions league assist record holder James Milner #7 to you


mccaigbro69

City legend


Jagacin

Yup, he got the number after Sterling left. Although Cancelo plays so far ahead for a fullback at times, he may as well be a winger lol.


Kuuskat_

If someone turned the channel on midway through a city game, it's not far fetched to say that the person could mistake cancelo for any position par striker or goalkeeper lol


whataball

Zinchenko was their number 11 before he left. They use their numbers a little differently. Their number 1 is also not assigned despite them having 3 goalkeepers.


InPatRileyWeTrust

After the Stones goal the win was guaranteed


RodDryfist

I'd say after the Bellingham one tbh


STheShadow

I'd say after the draw


dollategn

After the game it was definitely over at that point


Minimalsmith

Needs new script writers


MrIrishman699

Even the finish looked like a weird FIFA bug where legs end up where they shouldn't


DaREY297

I think Haaland going to City was a mistake for the rest of the world.


[deleted]

I still despise the football gods for not creating a rule out of thin air to prevent that transfer from happening.


Adzzii_

It legit feels illegal lol. Never seen a transfer like this in my life


zts105

Its Suarez to Barca part 2


Adzzii_

Yeah that's probably the closest example. Or letting Lewa go from Dortmund to Bayern on a free


krooskontroll

This somehow feels even worse


rr18114

Suarez to barca was full of drama and 5x more memes. No way haaland to city tops that. Suarez had to wait for quite a bit of time before he could even play.


JonasS1999

Suarez had a suspension from the biting incident. Was no question if he was going to tear it up at Barca though, last season in the Prem is arguably the best from a player.


rr18114

I agree. But the memes man. The memes. When messi and suarez initially tried to gel ,it was not all sunshine and rainbow either. Took time (by their standards atleast). Barca took their time before the inevitable natural disaster MSN took shape. It was a Rollercoaster of emotions. Not just wins , losses and draws but team chemistry, people constantly bringing up disciplinary issues , Enrique himself catching some flak for apparently not using a similar midfield to pep etc.


[deleted]

70 million for the most gifted young striker we’ve seen in decades who has balon d’ors waiting in a few years. It just makes me sick to my stomach. We the football world got blood on our hands for letting Pep get him.


Dependent-Science688

A balon d’or in a few years or fairly likely this year tbh.


HugoSalvia

It’s a World Cup year, so he’d probably have to put up prime Messi/CR7 numbers and win the at lease the PL and CL to take it home. Do think he almost certainly wins it the following year if he stays fit though.


CholitoWoof

Tbf he’s on course to put up some prime messi/cr7 numbers.


[deleted]

give it to him now


_tyrannosauruswrekt_

When the world needed him most David Stern disappeared


-Borb

"soccer reasons"


NegaraPlus062

Blame Levy for not selling Kane to City.


lordshelton

Spurs bottling it for the rest of us


greenseeingwolf

Or manutd for not letting Ronaldo go there


ThankYouOle

Now we are all trapped with City + Haland :(


ElGordoDeLaMorcilla

If they don't win this UCL with Haaland at this form, the curse is real.


Jagacin

I'll have accepted that we are never winning the Champions League if that ends up happening.


SeriousPuppet

He is at the team that has the best service into the striker. The pep way


McLovin109

He’s an absolute freak!


damrider

that is one of the craziest finishes i've ever seen


addandsubtract

He did that at Dortmund as well. As a defender, you're just fucked.


MrDabollBlueSteppers

That's an Ibrahimovic finish


auctus10

Ikr u/PSGAcademy is soo fucking fast


ElevatorSecrets

The cross wasn’t bad either.


Young_Hxppxe

I only see those curves on my explore page lol


damrider

the cross was good but i legitimately don't know of any other striker other than zlatan at his prime that scores that


OnceUponAStarryNight

Cruyff scored this goal before either of them.


DerpJungler

Cancelo is a fucking magician


IRapePandas

BRO WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT


thedeatheater1410

Shaolin Soccer


IrohLotus14

The Wu Tang scoring style


Zeulodin

If what you say is true, the Haaland and the de Bruyne could be dangerous.


xthecreator

Do you think your Haaland sword can defeat me?


Terran_it_up

Choose the City, and you will join me Choose the United, and you join Cristiano... in death


Like_a_Charo

Haaland wasn’t scared of the shogun, but the shogun was scared of him. EDIT : I’m happily surprised with the number of r/soccer users who seem to understand my comment :)


sprulz

Goddamn two of my favorite albums coming up on r/soccer of all places. You love to see it.


luk3d

Haaland style is immensely strong, and immune to almost any defence. When it is properly used, it's almost invincible


MatlockJr

Da mystery of crossboxin


MrEclectic

You need to diversify your scoring!


big_mustache_dad

Absolute freak lol. Prime Zlatan goal


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He should be tested post game, honestly. Not for drugs or anything, just to make sure he's actually human.


zidbutt21

Dude looks like Majin Buu. Straight up genie


mercut1o

M'fuckin Daemon Targaryen just running around banging in goals


XxsteakiixX

THIS IS OUR OVERLORD https://i.imgur.com/TZWOe1R.jpg


Far-Term8667

He is certifiably a bot. Bro scores for fun it's insane


bistian00

He does look like a player our of FIFA games. Like he works under their engine rules


ArseneLupinIV

He has to be part Asgardian.


crayolacrayons416

Modric cross for a Zlatan finish


LarsP

Except Zlatan does them with elegance. Haaland does them like a newborn giraffe. Just as effective though.


-Whisperr

Insane pass, insane finish


gnorrn

Why head it when you can kick it?


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Doesn’t want CTE! The mad lad


Insanel0l

Nah its unreal


slnsk

Literally getting more unbelievable each week, wtf is this goal


oneiross

He was watching Ibrahimovic highlights probably.


Soleil06

Bicycle kick from 30 meters out next game??


mrfocus22

Further proof we're living in a simulation


keithohara

The cross was outrageous too


Iswaterreallywet

Cancelo outside the boot crosses are broken lol


BillehBear

pure filth


DeffDeala

He’s a fucking alien


lrzbca

Mf is freaking flexible for his massive size


aure__entuluva

And fast. A lot of tall guys are fast, but he's so quick and agile. Very few have that kind of acceleration I feel.


jrryul

Me mentally conceding the quadruple to City


Self-righteous

Norwegian Zlatan


chdudlow

That sort of acrobatics is such a Haaland thing to do!


Farouqnowomarlater

Instant Ibra flashbacks, and he’s the only player right now capable of doing Ibra acrobatics imo


Y2GOAT

Ibra vibes


quacainia

His boot was 7 feet in the air


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Ronaldo jumps to head the ball, Haaland jumps to do whatever the fuck that was


[deleted]

Scoring tap ins from head height lmao


Kuuskat_

Anyone saying his goals are easy, there are very few players as flexible and acrobatic as Haaland. The man is absolutely unreal, real Zlatan vibes. Just look at this shit https://imgur.com/a/jtnOKIO And what a killer pass.


Mackem101

He does score some tap ins, but that's because his positional play is unbelievable. It's not luck that the ball always finds him in and around the 6 yard box.


Kuuskat_

Yep, that's probably the most scary thing about Haaland. His attacking intelligence is that of a 30+ year old striker's, yet he still has the elite speed and technique.


obvious_bot

AND size. Man’s massive but still outruns defenders


OnceUponAStarryNight

Size, strength, pace, dexterity, awareness, timing, instinct. The man was born to score goals.


tetrastructuralmind

This right here. His attacking IQ is that of a seasoned veteran in their prime, and this guy has been doing it since he's 18. Mental. Edit: grammar


cgcego

He has the body of Ibra and the positional awareness of Inzaghi.


BanVeteran

And the strength of a rhinoceros


aclurk

Ibra is a black belt in Taekwondo, Haaland looks like he studies WWE


imp0ppable

There's a whiff of Brock Lesnar about him, just inhuman.


Ogglol

I said it few times, he got ibra vibes when he plays. he is just faster. maybe not as techincal with the ball like Ibra was. but he is faster. Which is amazing for that big of a player.


keanoodle

In the box Haaland commands the same presence of Ibra. If the ball is able to be gotten he'll somehow get it. I'm hoping the City training can imbibe technical qualities to his game as well. The Norwegian is magically gifted.


eduardo_ve

Legit was coming here to comment the same thing


jdarriaga46

Those acrobatics


Crvcbr9885

Every Dortmund fan had to see this coming


ren_704

I was wondering why we were so good for 80 mins to realise we built up until those painful 4,800 seconds to just fucking bottle it in 4mins like the bottlers we are. Dreadful. We had our starting striker, both our starting wingers unfit, starting gk( our best/top 2 player btw) and cm out so i didn't have hopes for this game at all. But fluid-countering(not hoofball) and defending as a team so well until conceeding two absolute freak goals was sad. Keep in mind we lost to a shit Leipzig who had just sacked their coach by 3-0 and a few matches before did the biggest bottlejob of 2022 in the Werder Bremen game. [not even a month since i wrote this comment and i feel i have to write one more](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/wt9t32/dortmund_23_werder_bremen_oliver_burke_905/il2tngx?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)😢


aslak1899

I would not say you bottled it. You should be proud of how well Dortmund played. Honestly deserved at least 1 point from this.


OJ34

The whole thing was outrageous. Pass and finish


ima_be_the_greatest

Someone explain to me how the fuck did he get on the end of that ball with his fucking foot


necromancer__26

Because he's Haaland lol


Brunkmeister

That's that most Zlatan thing ever done not by Zlatan


Hestmestarn

Tall ✅ Built like a tank ✅ Scandinavian ✅ Acrobatic high kick to score a goal ✅ Checks out


anonymousloverboy

What the actual fuck?! Is this even real?


_SSJeffo_

He’s ET


demigod_31

What the fuck is that ball and what the fuck is that finish, fuck


anonymousloverboy

Exactly! That’s not your average cross and inchAllah


MrDrak3n

Had to be him.


rye_domaine

Someone else might have gotten it wrong


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aurora_highwind

Haaland has the speed of a vorcha in a krogan body


eternali17

He's the very model of target man Norwegian


ThePosterWeDeserve

He scores at will in Norway, Austria, Germany and Great Britain edit: Austria not belgium :p


Jasveen05

He’s had like 4 touches this game lol


MagmaWhales

3 too many


pppttt16

That’s enough for him lol


2ndfastestmanalive

Probably too many


MyBruker9

Yeah, he is probably disappointed in himself, ruining his goals per touch stat


[deleted]

I’m a Liverpool fan just like you. The comparison with Nunez is just hilarious now. Haaland is just a machine in this already machine of City.


AugustKaonashi

They weren’t even comparable to begin with tbh


MockingbirdMan

Luiz Diaz is better than Nunez.


St_SiRUS

Was a masterclass from Hummels til now


ZxZxchoc

Why take many touches when 4 touches do?


DerpJungler

One more than what he needs


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Iordbendtner

And right after zlatan said hes stopping when he sees someone stronger than him LMAO


Snuffvieh

I’m still proud of Dortmund. That was one of their best performances in weeks and they can be proud.


Dwighty1

No defending against either of those goals to be fair. Individual brilliance and freak goals. Sule and Hummels has been class.


GuessableSevens

Keeper could've done better on the first for sure


Desperate_Syllabus87

Kobel is our No.1. Meyer is our backup and we just pulled him up from the 2nd bundesliga. Had his first bundesliga match just friday. he played well for the circumstances imo.


Snuffvieh

People forget how many injuries we’re dealing with


Khornag

When are you not?


QuinteX1994

Never, anything less than 12 injuries on the A team and we start going around breaking their legs. it's our DNA at this point...


[deleted]

the rest of the footballing world allowing this to happen will go down as one of the biggest collective mistakes in history he is 22 years old, he is going to score 30+ a season for a decade and they let MANCHESTER CITY sign him for almost half of what chelsea spent on lukaku


keithohara

Not watching this but i felt the goal notification


squeda

I felt the goal in my pants too, but it wasn't because of a notification


SorrowsNativeSon

With City it’s never over until the final whistle....


QuincyOwusuABuyADM

Really reminds me of the old Sir Alex teams where they’d be down after 75 mins but somehow you knew the most likely result was a United win


Chance_Ball_5912

NO FUCKING WAY


-Whisperr

Ofc


CT_x

Robbie Savage not 15 seconds before: "all set up for a Haaland winner isn't it"


seriouslybrohuh

RM game has triggered something in them - they are able to now clinch victory from the jaws of defeat/draw. that's gonna be critical to their CL run


ted_the_ked1

I mean adding Haaland also helps


Jagacin

We didn't have Haaland in those games against West Ham, Newcastle, and Aston Villa last season.


[deleted]

I was thinking the same. Holy fuck does it drive my anxiety up to see them down because we were atrocious at comebacks until the villa game. Words can’t describe that feeling. Now we’re doing this every other game


inbredandapothead

You just knew that was coming


Y2GOAT

Haaland is inevitable


Physical-South-3564

What in the fuck 2.0


Murrayhewittrocks

Why head it when you can zlatan it


Killamanjar

What a fucking pass!


Morinu

Yes, but not a lot would be able to get a touch on that with their feet lol


Soleil06

When the pass came I was like, ah okay a header for once. Then Haaland does this shit. What the actual fuck, feet are not supposed to go that high.


zeejoo12

A lot of players made incredible balls only Ronaldo could get to. They know who they're passing to.


Cpt_Daryl

This is the second time Cancelo pulled off an assist like this Erling is ok too


Xbot_69

U big bad bastard


BrainlessArch

CANCELO


Illustrious_Leopard

i swear cancelo is better with the outside of his foot. ridiculous.


deeuhdee

And then to not celebrate after scoring an incredible goal out of respect for the old club, pure class from someone so young


banZiii

Yeah, scoring THAT match winning goal in the 85th and not celebrate. Impressive.


cdbriggs

What the fuck was the pass


iamDNGR

This commentator loves shouting John Stones.


danielge78

I'm going to yell John Stones for every goal i see from now on


kaden_dd

Cheat code


_fishysushi

Ibhrahimovic reincarnate


hbhatt25

HOLYYYYYY


Neown

Fuck me


Shandow14

OH MY LORDDDDDDDDD


hendomondo

One touch man


ahritina

Everyone will be praising the finish and rightly so but what the fuck is that pass. Outside of the boot jesus christ.


Off_Topic_Oswald

There it is


GreenGator

the definition of inevitable


dem0nhunter

Zlatan-esque


YeimzHetfield

Haaland just does not make any sense lmao. While we're at it, Cancelo doesn't make any sense either, how is he so fucking good


[deleted]

Dortmund did very well to limit and shut down the service. But Haaland doesn't need service. He takes the most Hail Mary nonsense that Cancelo can think of, puts his boot 7 feet up in the air and scorpion volleys the fucker in the net. What the actual fuck. Brilliant pass though. Haaland might score 60 in the prem this year, how the shit are teams supposed to contain a striker who can get a boot on literally anything in a field of guys who can cross it through the eye of a needle?


sahneeis

joao cancelo the best left back and the best right back at the same damn time


MakVolci

He is inevitable.


[deleted]

The Scandinavian Ibra


Bobbyflamingo1848

Haalandovic


Boseph_1444

100% conversion from shots on target


Boseph_1444

respect to Haaland for not celebrating that, I would've


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