‘We’ve lost two games in a row, it’s not good enough’

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Erling Haaland has described Manchester City’s start to the season as “not good enough” and described Sunday’s derby as a “perfect” opportunity to start turning things around.

After an impressive opening-day victory at Wolves, City have lost to Tottenham and Brighton to leave them a point behind Manchester United as they prepare for their visit to the Etihad Stadium this weekend.

“We’ve lost two games in a row, it’s not good enough, it’s way too bad,” Haaland told Viaplay. “We need to figure it out, get back to winning ways. We can’t afford to lose games as there’s so many good teams. It’s perfect to turn things around against United. We need to all be on our best, get our asses going, get things going, because it’s not been good enough so far.