Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has come in for some surprise criticism despite leading the Premier League Golden Boot race this season.
The Norwegian has continued fine scoring form in the league this season, scoring 11 goals in nine matches so far.
While City are top of the standings and Haaland scoring goals as usual, former Blues striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has criticised the league top scorer's work rate off the ball.
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"I think if Arsenal or Liverpool want to win the Premier League title, this is the year to do it. I'm looking at this Manchester City team and I don't think they're as good as some of the City teams we've seen in previous seasons. I was actually quite shocked when they played Fulham at home, Fulham played a really, really good game and had the ball for long periods of time," Hasselbaink told Lucky Block
"If you remember when Man City was on top and destroying teams, when they lost the ball, they used to get it back really quickly and you couldn't keep the ball against them. Their press used to be so good. I don't know if teams have become better, or they have become worse.
"I think it's the latter, because they've got Haaland, and Haaland doesn't press as much – even though they are top of the league and on this long unbeaten run, I don't think they're as good as they used to be.
"They also have some difficult games coming up. They haven't played Liverpool yet. They haven't played Tottenham. They haven't played Villa, and they haven't played Manchester United yet. City have some tough games to come. If you're competing against them, you need to be ready to take advantage of any slip ups."