Haaland speaks about working with Guardiola and Manchester derby

Neville at first asked

star about working with Pep Guardiola and whether he is surprised by how Guardiola perceives football.

said:

"I have this thought quite often.

"For example, the day before a game he tells us what's going to happen and then the next day, exactly that happens. It's crazy, sometimes I don't understand how it's possible, but he's crazy into football - a football-holic, if you can call it that. It's crazy.

"I'm a striker so I want to be in the box as much as possible. I don't want to go out on the side - what should I do there? We have other players doing that, so this is a logical thing.

"But we talk about a lot of small, different details - against this team maybe do this, against this team do that, so there's a lot of details. He's a very detailed man who loves details. I like it a lot. Devil is in the detail and he loves it. It's good to work with him.”

The 22-year-old striker admitted to Neville that his dream is to win the Champions League.

"The pressure will always be there on footballers, no matter what, no matter where you play,"

he told Neville.

"At Dortmund, there is also pressure, there are 80,000 fans at every home game. As footballers, we have pressure on us every day, we have exams every single weekend and that's just how my life will be for the next 10 or 15 years.

"But the missing part of the puzzle, I cannot say too much about this. But my dream is to win the Champions League.”

Kevin De Bruyne has six assists in Premier League this season and two of them have been for Haaland. Former Dortmund star has talked about playing with De Bruyne.

"He's a really calm, good guy,"

the striker said of his team-mate.

"We relax a lot, we joke a lot together. You know how it is in the locker room with all the guys. It's really nice. We have a really calm relationship, joking a lot about the same things.

"On the pitch - when you watch a football game and you can see yourself in the game - that's what I've been having even before I came here. All the balls he would shoot in and there was nobody there, you know, it's a dream for a striker and you can see this season how it is.

"It's something you don't need to speak about because he knows I will be there and I know that he will shoot the ball in there in front of the goalkeeper and in behind the defence - the most difficult pass to defend against. This is just something you know.”

Man City star in a few games has to wait long periods to touch the ball but he insists that is not a problem for him and he has adapted himself.

"It can be a bit lonely sometimes up there, but I enjoy being alone,"

the Norway international told Neville.

"Over the last years I've been playing and living alone, so I'm used to being alone and then I just think like this and try to enjoy my own company and to be ready because when you least expect it, a chance comes.

"I think patience in football is one of the biggest and most important things. Especially for me as a striker, to be patient, to wait, don't overthink and don't stress too much because I don't think that's a good thing. I know I will get a chance soon - I have to think like this and when I think like this, I always stay sharp.

"I think to connect with the team when I have to. To play with the team when I have to and to join in when I have to.

"And of course, when I have to is when we are trying to score a goal or when we need to hold the ball. I feel as though I'm developing every single day on different kinds of things

"When it comes to playing football, this and that, movements, off the ball. I feel like I'm developing every day and that's the most important thing for a young man and player, and this is something I like.”

Haaland talked about his time at Molde with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and how he helped him to develop his heading ability.

"When I was in my hometown club, Bryne, I couldn't head the ball. I wasn't scared of it, but when you're really new to something, you're wondering how to do it.

"Then when I joined Molde with Ole, he was like 'you cannot head, we have to start doing this'. So almost every single day, I got crosses from him and Mark Dempsey and I was heading them in. Mark was throwing the ball quite easily, I was standing at five metres and he was in the goal. I tried to head it straight and we did it so much.

"There's nothing better than when you practise something and you see the results, thinking 'this is getting easier' or finally scoring a goal with your head. Then that's also a motivation to become better.

"With training, some people say you have to train the most to become the best. I don't think it's about training the most, it's about training the right things. If I train in something that is meaningless to me and I get good at that, but I can never prove it in a game and it's not a thing I need, then training is not so important.

"But to train on the right things, as much as your body and you can handle, I think that's one of the keys. It's about balancing becoming better, recovering from the game and being sharp for the next game.”

The Norway international said his first Manchester derby feels different from other big games.

"Yes it does [feel different],"

he reflected.

"I landed in England [from international duty] and the first thing I was thinking of was Sunday. You can feel it here a little bit more here and there. It's going to be nice to have my first derby.

"I haven't spoken a lot with my Dad. He will watch it from the stands. There's going to be a couple [of tickets for Sunday] but it's going to be a nice game. I'm looking forward to it.”

Haaland was also asked about the battle with

defenders including Lisandro Martinez who is

seven inches smaller than him.

He said:

"I haven't thought too much about this, although I've thought about it now you've said it. But I think if we play our game properly, it doesn't matter who stands in the defence or which team it is.

"I try to focus mostly on myself. Of course, it there's something in the analysis or the coach tells me something [he will do it], but I mostly focus on myself.

"For example, what we spoke about with Kevin's pass in front of the goalkeeper - no one can defend it, it's perfect. If the run if perfect and if he's standing and putting it perfectly in, no one can defend it no matter who you are. That's mostly how I think.

"But it's against Manchester United, it's a derby, you have to be focused because this means a lot to people so we have to be ready for this game."

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