Haaland defends Bellingham and says midfielder gets ‘too much criticism’ after England beat Norway | OneFootball

Erling Haaland says England are lucky to have Jude Bellingham after his former team-mate scored twice to knock Norway out of the World Cup.

Bellingham’s brace secured a 2-1 win for England as they progressed to the semi finals, where they will face Argentina.

Haaland and Bellingham were team-mates at Borussia Dortmund, and the Norway striker says the Real Madrid midfielder deserves huge credit for what he is doing at this World Cup.

“I mean Jude is a good friend,” Haaland said. “We had two good years together in Dortmund so we keep in touch and everything and he’s such a good guy, I’ve said it so many times.

“We’ve had so much fun together so, and I’m not surprised that he scores two goals today and performs the way he does. The only thing is that sometimes I think he gets a bit too much criticism because he doesn’t score enough goals or whatever it is and I think he doesn’t really deserve it because I think he’s one of the best in the world and he’s a midfielder, he still scores goals, he’s still managed to dribble (past) every single player on the field so it’s just praise for Jude.

“He is unbelievable and England is lucky, (Real) Madrid is lucky, because everybody would want a Jude in the team.”