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Erling Haaland couldn’t stop scoring at the start of the season… But recently, he’s been struggling to find the back of the net… So, is this an anomaly or a pattern? Ayo Akinwolere is joined by Alex Barker and Jon Mackenzie to find out how the robot malfunctioned. This is The Athletic's Week In Football. Read Sam Lee's piece, "What's going on with Erling Haaland?", on The Athletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7025464/2026/02/07/haaland-form-premier-league-man-city/ ------------ Timestamps: 00:00 Why has Erling Haaland stopped scoring? 00:17 How Haaland's performance has dropped 02:22 What is Haaland actually good at? 04:05 What are Haaland's weakenesses? 05:21 What's happened this season? 07:16 How Guardiola has tweaked City's tactics 09:18 Man City's tactics this season 10:32 How both systems impact Haaland 17:27 How personnel choices impact Haaland 21:13 Other factors affecting Haaland 23:21 How can Man City fix this? ------------ Try The Athletic for FREE for 30 days: https://theathletic.com/checkout2/intro30/?source=video_youtube_theathleticfc Watch our latest uploads here 👉 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9HdRjQJ0mH6bJW9MeLavdgTi-vMbJtrg&si=uKJJXdcnzAYGWiJo 💻 🎧 Watch the Tifo Football Podcast here https://www.youtube.com/@tifo-podcast 📬 Sign up for The Athletic FC Newsletter here for free: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/newsletters/the-athletic-fc/ Follow The Athletic FC: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAthleticFC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theathleticfc TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theathleticfc Listen to The Athletic Football Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/TAFPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69AAB4ojTuK7gwy3ZdQdB9 Subscribe to The Athletic FC newsletter for free: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/newsletters/the-athletic-fc/ Follow The Athletic's Premier League WhatsApp Channel here: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4OzCyKwqSbZb1pna0K ------------ Additional footage sourced from AP Newsroom