{"id":1268946,"date":"2022-07-14T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1268946"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:02:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:02:03","slug":"edouard-mendy-erling-haaland-christian-benteke-comparison","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/edouard-mendy-erling-haaland-christian-benteke-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Edouard Mendy explains why there’s \u2018no difference\u2019 between Erling Haaland and Christian Benteke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy says he is not planning any special preparations to deal with Erling Haaland next season, revealing he trains for every opponent the same — and even <\/strong>name-dropping Crystal Palace’s Christian Benteke when making the point.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haaland, 21, relocated to the Etihad earlier this summer for \u00a351.2m following two goal-laden years for Borussia Dortmund, where he netted 86 in 89 games across all competitions.<\/p>\n

Haaland’s arrival marked the start of a summer of major upheaval for Pep Guardiola’s side, who have also brought in Kalvin Phillips from Leeds, added January recruit Julian Alvarez to their squad following his loan spell at River Plate — and parted with several former stars, not least Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n

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It’s set to be a formidable frontline in the North West next campaign as City look to defend their Premier League crown and once again have a crack at winning a first-ever Champions League, most recently crashing out of the semi-finals to eventual winners Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

Despite Guardiola’s new-look attack, Chelsea shot-stopper Mendy has revealed it will be business as usual as far as his pre-match preparations are concerned, saying no single opponent gets special treatment when he’s building up to face them.<\/p>\n

“I study. I study a lot. It\u2019s not about one striker or one team – we just have to focus on every striker, every team we play to win. It\u2019s not because it\u2019s Haaland,” he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI look at Haaland like I look at, say, Benteke at Palace – it\u2019s not that different between\u00a0Crystal Palace\u00a0and City. You have to be focused because he is a striker and he can score. We have our methods and I don\u2019t need to say what they are. But I study a lot. A lot.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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