Erling Haaland eyes improvement: 'I need to score more goals'

Erling Haaland has admitted he must improve after a rare dip in goalscoring form, despite playing a decisive role in Manchester City's dramatic 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Anfield.

The Norwegian striker converted a stoppage-time penalty to seal the win after earlier setting up Bernardo Silva's late equaliser, overturning Dominik Szoboszlai's free-kick. The result completed a league double over Liverpool for the first time since the 1936-37 season and kept City six points behind leaders Arsenal.

Haaland acknowledged his recent struggles, with his last Premier League goal from open play coming in December against West Ham. He has scored just three goals in his last 13 appearances, although he still leads the Golden Boot race with 21 league goals and has 28 in 36 matches across all competitions this season.

"I haven't scored enough goals since the start of this year and I know that I need to improve," Haaland said. "I know I need to be more sharp, better at all of this, and this is something that I have to work on."

City remain in contention across four competitions, but Haaland dismissed fatigue as a reason for his drop in output.

"I don't want to speak about why I haven't performed. I don't think there's any excuse," he said. "It's a lot of games, but for me it's about staying fit, not getting injured, and being ready to help the team."

The victory at Anfield was also a personal milestone for Haaland, marking his first win at the venue, while keeping City firmly in the title race ahead of their upcoming clash with Fulham.

"We've seen before that the title race is not over until it's over," he said. "Right now I need to focus on Fulham because there are still many games to go."