Bernardo Silva highlights major similarities between Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland

Bernardo Silva has recently drawn a comparison between mentalities of Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Portuguese legend Cristia Ronaldo. Haaland, who is just 22 years old, has h a remarkable debut season in England, having scored a total of 48 goals across all competitions. This is four more than previous best record held by Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United. 

Haaland could potentially play ten more games in all competitions by end of season, and he only needs one more goal to surpass Salah's record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League campaign. Haaland's incredible form has t come as a surprise to many, despite his young . Haaland has even mand to score six hat-tricks for City so far in season.

Silva compares Haaland to Ronaldo

Meanwhile, Bernardo Silva has also been a vital player for Manchester City and is expected to play a significant role in team's quest to win Premier League title for third time in a row and ir first-ever Champions League trophy.

" goal figures, it’s unbelievable; it’s Cristia and [Lionel] Messi level, that amount of goals," Silva was quoted as saying by Daily Mirror.

"Hopefully Erling can keep going that way because we need his goals until last game of season. He has definitely got same mentality as Cristia, always wanting to be in box, always wanting to score. He doesn’t care if he touches ball one or two times, when he touches he scores. He’s just a proper striker," Silva ded. 

"We knew what Erling could do before he arrived because he’s been doing that for a few years before he joined us, in rway, Austria and Germany. We watched him and we played against him, but you never kw when he comes here, what level he can get to. But what he’s done so far this season has been amazing and we are really happy to have him with us. He’s definitely a special player and he’s helping us very much. I hope he can get even better," Silva concluded. 

Im: AP