Erling Haaland acknowledged that his record-setting debut campaign in English football exceeded his expectations.
As Manchester City pursues the triple crown, he has his sights set on history. As he accepted the Footballer of the Year award from the Football Writers' Association in London on Thursday, the striker kept his attention on City's championship game.
Prior to Sunday's Premier League championship game against Brentford, Haaland has 52 goals in 51 outings for City since his £51 million transfer from Borussia Dortmund last summer.
On June 10, City will play Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul, a week after they take on Manchester United in the FA Cup final after winning the Premier League.
They want to equal the accomplishment of their local rivals in 1999.
Even if we won the Premier League, we must maintain our focus for the remaining two finals, according to Haaland.
"We must maintain our concentration if we are to succeed in the upcoming two finals." I'll exert every effort to do well in the finals and, ideally, win both.
Being favorites (against Inter Milan) is a positive thing because it shows that we have qualities. We must approach the game in our style, play our brand of football, and then we'll see who prevails.
75 years after Sir Stanley Matthews won the inaugural trophy, Haaland won the FWA award by garnering 82% of the votes, beating out Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard.
Speaking to the FWA, he continued, "I feel good, it's a special moment." "I expected to do good things, but I didn't expect to do this," he said.
With three games left, Manchester City secured a third consecutive championship, having once trailed Arsenal by eight points. He broke the record for the most Premier League goals in a season with 36.
To be honest, it really just comes down to taking each game as it comes and concentrating on what we can control, said the 22-year-old.
I dislike concentrating on the past or the future. I prefer to live in the present and take each game as it comes; this is precisely what Pep Guardiola stated we would do.
we did.
We were focused, and we succeeded in achieving our goals. At the end of the day, it's unbelievable what we accomplished after falling behind the entire season. It was incredible and felt incredible.
Sam Kerr of Chelsea won the title for ladies, making the Australian the first athlete to do so in back-to-back years. In Chelsea's 1-0 FA Cup victory over Manchester United earlier this month, the striker scored the game-winning goal.
Chelsea, who leads Manchester United by two points, is aware that a win at Reading on Saturday will clinch the WSL championship on the final day of the regular season.
we did.
We were focused, and we succeeded in achieving our goals. At the end of the day, it's unbelievable what we accomplished after falling behind the entire season. It was incredible and felt incredible.
Sam Kerr of Chelsea won the title for ladies, making the Australian the first athlete to do so in back-to-back years. In Chelsea's 1-0 FA Cup victory over Manchester United earlier this month, the striker scored the game-winning goal.
Chelsea, who leads Manchester United by two points, is aware that a win at Reading on Saturday will clinch the WSL championship on the final day of the regular season.
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