Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck has ‘challenged’ Erling Haaland ahead of Wednesday night’s Champions League tie, claiming he is not Manchester City’s biggest threat.
The fixture at the Etihad Stadium will be the first time Haaland has faced Dortmund since leaving the Bundesliga club in the summer to join City.
Pep Guardiola’s decision to move for the Norwegian has seemingly paid off so far with the Norwegian striker having scored 12 goals in just seven Premier League and Champions League matches.
Although his goalscoring form has earned praise across the footballing landscape, Schlotterbeck made a confident prediction ahead of Wednesday’s match.
The 22-year-old played well in SC Freiburg’s 2-1 win over BVB last season, and the superstar didn’t score. “In the game I realized how good I can be,” Schlotterbeck said
“I know how to stop Erling Haaland. We have to stop Manchester City as a whole, Erling is the least of our problems.”
These Schlotterbeck’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from Man City fans.
That sounds like a challenge. pic.twitter.com/MU5vS1Hp5q
— HaalandSZN🇳🇴 (@Erling_Era) September 13, 2022
“Come back to this tomorrow night at 10:00 pm.”
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“Wow! What a challenge 😳.”
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“The last time someone (Gerrard) said something like this about us and Haaland, we dropped points. And that was against villa….. hopefully we don’t drop any points tomorrow (Wednesday).”
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“This isn’t BVB mate, you won’t have Haaland alone to be dealing with.”
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“We’ll see about that 😭”
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“This man is either about to become a legend or get incessantly mocked for years.”
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Why-why would you say this lmfao. Even if you believe it. Which is fine!!! Self belief is a professional athlete’s most powerful tool. That and working hamstrings. But WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS OUT LOUD 😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/uzGjSe9TPy
— Aaron West (@oeste) September 13, 2022
This is where it all began,this is the moment that unleashed the Beast on him since then he never stopped and doesn’t look like stopping anytime sooner, Dortmund will be haunted
— 💙JayNation💙 (@MthabelaSj) September 13, 2022
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