'All praise to him': Erling Haaland surprisingly hails former Liverpool player after facing him at Brentford

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Haaland finished past former Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher after just nine minutes to record the only goal of the game.The Irishman may have been disappointed to be beaten at his near post, but it was a good strike from the City star.Jordan Henderson also played 74 minutes in the Brentford midfield, but speaking after the game, Haaland said it had been the other former Red in the team who had most caught his eye.Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesErling Haaland praises Sepp van den BergIt can be easy to forget that Sepp van den Berg was ever a Liverpool player. Although he ultimately ended up winning the battle against him on Sunday, the Norwegian offered some surprising praise for Van den Berg to Mancity.com after the game.“First five minutes he [Van den Berg] just kept on pushing me so I said alright, let’s have it.

So then I started pushing him back,” he said.“For me this is a proper goal. Then after 10 seconds he started pushing me and it motivates me.

All praise to him honestly, he made me want to do that.”Anfield is the only ground Haaland is yet to score atHaaland’s comments on Van den Berg were not the only thing tying Man City’s No. 9 to Liverpool after Sunday’s game.Having finally scored at the Gtech Community Stadium, Haaland has now ticked off a goal at all but one of the Premier League grounds he has played at.Inevitably, the only stadium the superstar striker has not scored a Premier League goal at is Anfield.Haaland did bag for RB Salzburg during a Champions League game at the ground in 2019.