Antoine Semenyo hails 'number one' striker Erling Haaland

Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo believes the best striker in the world is Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. 

Although the Black Stars forward is having an amazing start to the new season, he sits behind the Norwegian on the top scorers table in the league with 6 goals, three away from the Manchester City star.

Semenyo has spent time watch Haaland and he improves his finishing as a forward and says he sometimes is left in awe over the former Dortmund striker's quality.

“Haaland is number one. You see it on TV, scoring all these goals and thinking, surely he's not like this in person... That man is tall, my goodness. Tall, strong, fast, can finish. He's got everything you need as a striker,' he told Earn Your Stripes.

"I remember Man City just bopping, and I'm thinking, okay this is normal that they bop it. Ruben Dias wraps the ball to him, the ball's like this high, I’m thinking ‘how's he going to deal with this?’ just takes it on his chest like this - I am thinking: Haaland, the man.

"I tell you what, the aura he has. You can see that when he's on the pitch. If you don't mark him, it’s done, he's going to score. Like, everyone is trying to mark him, and even when you mark him, he still scores.

"I remember watching him, I was thinking ‘yeah, this is the kind of striker I want to be’. I want to have this presence where I'm being marked by everyone.”

Semenyo is currently with the Black Stars team preparing for Ghana's final World Cup qualifier against Comoros.

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