Erling Haaland says this has been a "catastrophic season" for Manchester City, while giving his verdict on why they have fallen short.
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Man City could end season trophylessHaaland says it's been "catastrophic"Explains why they have fallen shortFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The City striker believes his team haven't had enough "hunger" this season and that they need to put that right in the 2025/26 campaign. The 24-year-old admitted his performances haven't been good enough, either.
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He said, via The Daily Mail: "You can find excuses in all of this – injuries, many injuries and at bad times – but in the end we haven't been performing well enough. We haven't had the hunger inside of us. I haven't been good enough, I haven't helped the team enough.
"The club has set standards and the bar is so high which means this season is a catastrophic season – that says it all. Next season we need to find something inside our stomach again to attack the season."
THE BIGGER PICTURE
City's run of four straight Premier League titles was emphatically ended by Liverpool this season, and they also suffered early Champions League and Carabao Cup exits. All their hopes lie in qualifying for next season's Champions League and winning the FA Cup – both are very much within their grasp.
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Haaland, who has still scored 30 goals this season, will hope to lead fourth-placed City into the Champions League next season and to FA Cup glory against Crystal Palace this weekend.