'Keep believing': Erling Haaland sends moving message to Manchester City fans amid club's worst form since 2008
Erling Haaland has insisted his Manchester City teammates still “believe” despite their poor form.
The Premier League champions are winless in seven games in all competitions for the first time since 2004.
Meanwhile, the Citizens are also on their worst league run since 2008.
on sunday defeat at Liverpool It was City's fourth in a row, matching a streak from April to August 16 years ago.
However, that streak spanned two seasons, with defeats against Fulham, Liverpool and Middlesbrough were followed by an opening weekend defeat to Aston Villa.
Fast forward to this season and the defeat at Anfield added to recent defeats to Bournemouth, Brighton and Tottenham.
However, in response to the latest setback, Haaland He took to social media to send a message to his followers.
The striker wrote unknown: “We have seen better days before and we will see them again. We continue to believe.”
City fell to fifth place in the table with the defeat on Merseyside and are now 11 points behind leaders Liverpool.
They will hope to close distances at home to Nottingham Forest Wednesday in their last chance to break their winless streak.
Victory at home Southampton October 26 remains their last victory, after being eliminated from the Carabao Cup for the Spurs.
City They were also beaten in the Champions League by Sporting before last week's three-goal collapse against Feyenoord It meant they had to settle for a draw.
As for Haaland, he has three goals in his winless streak, but has failed to score in the last two league games.
Despite this, he remains the Premier League's top scorer this season with 12 goals in 13 appearances.
The Norwegian also has an impressive record against Forest ahead of their trip to the Etihad Stadium.
In four previous matches, he scored five goals, including a hat-trick at home in August 2022.
Haaland scored in both teams' league games last season.
City, meanwhile, have not lost to Forest in a league match since December 1997, a run of eight games.