Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said goal-machine Erling Haaland needs to improve his body language on the field.
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The Norwegian scored twice in the Citizens' 2-0 Premier League win over Everton this past weekend, but cut a frustrated figure at times before breaking the deadlock in the 71st minute.
Haaland only recently returned from a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to injury, with his brace on Saturday taking his tally to 21 goals across all competitions for the campaign.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the first leg of City's UEFA Champions League round of 16 clash against FC Copenhagen on Tuesday, Guardiola insisted the 23-year-old needs to work on being more positive when things are not going his way.
"These two goals will help him a lot, to clear the mind. His body language in the first half was not good. The second half was much, much better. For him, when he scores a goal, his mood is different. After it, he makes more movements and everything," the Spaniard said, according to Goal.
"He's better. He has to learn that if he doesn't score, he has to have the right body language. He has to have this mood where he's positive and he's saying: 'OK, it will come, it will come.'
"It looks like I am complaining about Erling but it was in general. How many games did Erling play and how many goals? His body language is not a problem.
"Erling is young, playing in the most difficult position on the pitch surrounded by four or five players with minor space. In the first half, maybe we didn't have the special delivery players, like Kevin (De Bruyne, who came on as a substitute later in the game) for example, who can find him.
"Because he is so young, in that moment he has to be positive. When he scored a goal, he reacted, but he doesn't need to score because he helps us for many things. Not just scoring a goal. He's a huge competitor who wants to score goals. OK, I know that, we know that; so (he can) relax.
"If we don't score today or if he doesn't score in 10 minutes, it's OK, but in the process he has to try to be 'let's go' because the team always wins when they overcome bad moments."
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Haaland has scored 73 goals and assisted a further 15 strikes in 78 appearances for City since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund in July 2022.
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