On his personal Instagram page, striker Erling Haaland posted a challenging message after Man City lost to Arsenal in the Community Shield match on August 6.

Accordingly, the Norwegian “scoring machine” wrote: “The marathon has only just begun… Thank you for your support yesterday”. The upbeat and challenging message ahead of this new season is accompanied by a thank you clasped hand and a picture of the starting lineup ahead of the epic game against Arsenal at Wembley.

The sharing line of “Ma bo” immediately received hundreds of thousands of likes and attracted thousands of comments. Man City lost to their main rivals in the Premier League title race last season on a penalty shootout in the 2023 English Super Cup match on Sunday. This is also a match where Haaland played extremely poorly. The Norwegian striker disappeared completely when he was locked by Arsenal defender William Saliba.

Moreover, without his familiar partner Kevin de Bruyne on the field, Haaland does not seem to be as dangerous as usual. He was substituted for Cole Palmer after 64 minutes. It was also at this point that the Belgian midfielder was brought on to replace Mateo Kovacic. Incidentally, De Bruyne was the assist for Palmer to open the scoring in the 77th minute.

Man City, the team that won the treble last season (winning the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup), will start the new English Premier League season with a trip to Burnley’s field on Saturday morning (January 12). 8). Haaland personally also hopes he will do better this season.

In his first season with The Citizens, Haaland was a “lone traveler ” when he scored 52 goals in 53 matches in all competitions.