BORUSSIA DORTMUND ace Nico Schlotterbeck insists he knows how to stop Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland tonight.
City and Dortmund face off in the Champions League at the Etihad with Haaland, 22, posing as the main focus as he takes on his former club.
The star striker stood out at the Signal Iduna Park in the last two years as he bagged a staggering total of 86 goals and 23 assists in 89 appearances.
The Norway international joined the Citizens in the summer in a £51million deal and hasn’t slowed down with 12 goals in eight matches already.
But Schlotterbeck, 22, is confident he can handle the forward as he has done it before.
The centre-back joined Dortmund after the Norwegian left and kept him at bay last season when he played for Freiburg.
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The Germany international marked Haaland so well he helped his former team beat the Bundesliga giants 2-1 at the Europa-Park Stadion.
Schlotterbeck told Kicker: “In that game I realised how good I can be.”
The defender then told Sport1: “I know how to stop Erling Haaland. We have to stop them as a whole, Erling is the least of our problems.”
However, Dortmund star Jude Bellingham isn’t as confident as Schlotterbeck ahead of tonight’s clash.
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The England international admitted that he doesn’t know how to keep Haaland in check, even though they played and trained together for two years.
Bellingham said when asked how Dortmund can deal with the City talisman: “I’m not really sure to be honest.
“He’s a player with a lot of quality and a lot of physical attributes that make him dangerous and like I said it’s not an individual task, it’s something that the team have to deal with collectively.
“If we stick together and try to do the right things without the ball then it can be possible.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
