The peaks and troughs in the life of a striker are clear to see with Erling Haaland’s form | OneFootball

In the career of every striker, there are peaks and troughs. No matter how good a goalscorer a particular player is, they will go through dips of form, and the goals will dry up. That’s the life of a striker. Erling Haaland’s form is the perfect encapsulation of this. Despite his poor current run of performances, he remains one of, if not the best striker in world football. When he does bounce back from his recent poor run he will hit back with a vengeance. It’s just a matter of when.

As per Who Scored since Manchester City’s 2-2 all draw with Arsenal Haaland has missed more clear-cut chances than any other player. That figure stands at 11. This figure also includes Haaland’s penalty miss against Everton on Boxing Day. Erling Haaland’s form has dipped. No one disputes that. He has only scored 3 goals in his last 13 Premier League matches. That’s arguably one of the leanest goal-scoring patches in Haaland’s career. But that is the life of a striker.

Erling Haaland’s form has suffered as his team’s form has dipped. Manchester City are currently on a run of one win in their past thirteen games. That run and City’s lack of creativity has contributed to Haaland’s poor run in front of goal. Haaland’s wastefulness is front of goal hasn’t helped matters either. But every striker in the history of the game has gone through lean spells. For the first time in Haaland’s time at Manchester City he is now going through such a patch.

But at some point Erling Haaland will break the shackles. The goals will return and this lean spell will be forgotten. The hope is that it can come later today against Leicester City. But what Haaland’s lean spell has shown is that he is human. That had been forgotten as he plundered goals at a record breaking pace since he arrived at Manchester City. What he is going through now is just part of being a number 9. That’s the simple facts of the matter.