'He is a fantastic football player, he proved it so many times, but you can always be judged on what you are now, what you are presenting now, performing now.'
Champions Manchester City slipped to a shock first Premier League defeat of the season at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, while Manchester United's campaign of woe continued with a loss to Crystal Palace.
Liverpool overcame an early scare and came from a goal down to claim a 3-1 win at Austria's LASK Linz.
The former Borussia Dortmund player was substituted as a precaution early in the second half of the 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on May 18.
The defeat halted Brighton's impressive three-game winning streak which included a 4-1 win over Chelsea and a 3-1 victory at Arsenal in the League Cup on Wednesday.
Haaland now has an astonishing 42 goals for City since joining from Borussia Dortmund last June.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Holders Liverpool survived a penalty shootout to see off third-tier Derby County
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Chelsea manager Graham Potter and his family have received anonymous death threats following the English Premier League club's poor run of results.
'We are a team and a group on the pitch. Of course, it's our responsibility what happened.'
Several Chelsea players have not returned for pre-season training after testing positive for COVID-19, according to reports in British media.
United's front three of Rashford, Martial and Daniel James showed electric pace on counter-attacks but Solskjaer reserved special praise for 19-year-old left back Brandon Williams, who was impressive in his first league start.
'United can change nothing or everything, so it's tricky preparation-wise, but it's early and we don't have a lot of info. It's tough... United away will never be easy.' Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says wounded Man Utd will not be easy to play.
Rafael Leao scored the fastest goal in Serie A history, hitting the target after six seconds,
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
IMAGES from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick as Manchester City snapped their losing streak in FA Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 stroll over second-tier Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday.
Chelsea won their first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 3-0 home victory over Premier League new boys Luton Town.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Cody Gakpo scored his first goal for the club as they halted a dismal run
Bruno Fernandes struck from the penalty spot in the ninth minute of stoppage time to give Manchester United victory at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday after an incredible finale.
Bukayo Saka scored either side of halftime as Arsenal crushed second-bottom Burnley 5-0.
Manchester City defender Nathan Ake struck in the second half to earn a hard-fought 1-0 victory over visitors Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title on Sunday, beating Chelsea 1-0 with an early goal by Julian Alvarez in the team's home finale at a sun-drenched Etihad Stadium.
Brighton & Hove Albion's match against Crystal Palace on Saturday will also remain postponed.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
West Ham United and Chelsea both narrowly avoided ignominious FA Cup exits with narrow wins against lower-league opposition but Everton marked Frank Lampard's first game in charge by sauntering past Brentford into the fifth round on Saturday.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Images from the English Premier League matches played over the weekend.
Man City set to release skipper Gundogan and Mendy
The Premier League found a record 42 cases of COVID-19 among players and staff at various clubs over the past week.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Arsenal, who fired Unai Emery as manager last week and appointed former player Freddie Ljungberg as caretaker boss, now sit 10th in the table on 19 points, with Brighton a single point behind and three places below them.
As the highly-anticipated derby got underway, Brighton allege that a small number of Palace supporters showed up without tickets and tried to force their way into the away end of the stadium.
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