Haaland joined City in a £51.2m deal from Borussia Dortmund in June 2022, with his goals helping Guardiola’s side to win two Premier Leagues, the Champions League, an FA Cup and a Uefa Super Cup.
On a personal level, he has won the Golden Boot for being the top scorer in the Premier League in both 2022-23 and 2023-24, when he scored 36 and 27 league goals respectively.
Haaland started the season in similar fashion with 10 goals in his first five Premier League matches, but scored 11 in his next 23.
“We haven’t been stable enough this season and we haven’t won enough games, it is as simple as that,” he added.
“We have to perform better in the big games. We haven’t won enough consecutive games.
“Of course, we have had injuries throughout the season. But we should not search for excuses.
“Every single one of us hasn’t been good enough and we haven’t been at our best, so when you are not at your best you aren’t going to win games in this country because it’s so hard.”
Haaland keen to make impact after injury
Haaland has been one of those players to have suffered with injury.
An ankle problem sustained in the 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final win over Bournemouth at the end of March kept him out of action for more than a month, before he returned in City’s 0-0 draw at bottom-placed Southampton on Saturday.
“It has been horrible to get injured,” he said.
“It is not nice to see the team play but you have to make the best out of it and try to come back as quick as possible.
“You can’t focus too much on the past because you can’t do too much about it. All you can focus on is looking ahead. I am really happy to be back. Loads of energy.”