MANCHESTER CITY striker Erling Haaland has recalled his reaction to THAT Sergio Aguero goal that secured the club’s first Premier League title in 2012.
As the Argentine legend took his top off and swung it around his head, Haaland has revealed he was screaming around his living room with dad Alf-Inge.
Losing 2-1 against QPR on the final day of the 2011-12 season, the Citizens somehow scored twice in injury time to record their first league title in 44 years.
Manchester United looked to be heading for back-to-back championships having beaten Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light.
But they lost out on goal difference as Edin Dzeko headed Roberto Mancini’s side level, before Aguero fired home in the 93rd minute in what remains the most famous goal in Premier League history.
An 11-year-old Haaland watched the match at his house alongside his dad, who represented City for three years between 2000-2003 before retiring due to injury.
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And the Norway international, 22, has opened up about the dramatic 3-2 win against QPR in an interview with FourFourTwo.
He said: “I remember it so well. Like it was yesterday. It was crazy. The day had been all about winning.
“This was our moment, this was the day the club became champions. I remember we settled down to watch, my dad was as excited as me, but things just went crazy.
“City are losing to 10-man QPR. We’re massive favourites, and we’re losing.
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“Manchester United have won [their game against Sunderland]. It’s despair.
“But then, after 91 minutes I think, Dzeko scores. There’s hope but there’s so little time.”
He continued: “The winning goal felt so strange. [Mario] Balotelli lying on the ground but somehow getting the ball to Aguero.
“The striker shuts his eyes and he hits it, then it’s madness. Me, my dad, we’re up off our seats, we’re running around the living room screaming.
“The top comes off, and it’s spinning around the head. Special. What a moment.”
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Haaland – a summer arrival from Borussia Dortmund – will be hoping to write his own name in City folklore where he has been tasked with delivering European glory.
He has made an impressive start to life at the Etihad having chipped in with three goals an an assist from his first three top-flight outings.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
