Ahead of their Premier League tie on Saturday, Brighton and Hove Albion defender Joel Veltman has revealed how he thinks Manchester City star Erling Haaland can be stopped.
The Norwegian has enjoyed a rich vein of form this season, with 20 goals in just 13 matches in all competitions as things stand.
Haaland has failed to score in only Three matches in the 2022/23 campaign so far, with Liverpool – in the FA Community Shield and in the premier league last weekend – and Bournemouth being the other teams able to stop the player from getting on the scoresheet.
Brighton travel to the Etihad to take on Manchester City on Saturday, with the home side keen to bounce back from the defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.
Ahead of this weekend fixture against Man City, Brighton and Hove Albion defender Joel Veltman has now revealed how he and his teammates plan to keep Haaland quiet again.
“That’s a good one. I was watching City-United the other day, in which Haaland scored that hat-trick. At that assist from De Bruyne, where Haaland stretches his leg all the way out and taps the ball in at the far post; that’s just not defensible,” he told Trouw when asked how they can stop the inform striker.
“Then it’s applauding and running to the halfway line. It’s a tricky one. You often see that a long striker doesn’t have such good technique, but Haaland has just everything.
“Maybe we should ‘sandwich’ him; with an aggressive midfielder in front and a defender short at his back.”
