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Bernardo Silva reveals who he thinks has a more powerful shot – Erling Haaland or Kevin De Bruyne

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Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrate the opening goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC...
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Bernardo Silva has played with Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne for a number of years at Manchester City now.

Bernardo is into his third season as one of Haaland’s teammates at the Etihad Stadium.

With De Bruyne being a Manchester City player since 2015, him and the Portuguese international are in their eighth season as teammates.

The Portuguese international likened Haaland’s mentality to that of Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of being in the perpetual hunt for goals — via TNT Sports.

In January, the 30-year-old also described De Bruyne as a “special player” via Manchester City’s official website.

Bernardo rates City’s dynamic duo extremely highly and rightfully so.

Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland of Manchester City warm up prior to the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Ipswich Town FC at E...
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Bernardo Silva says Erling Haaland has a more powerful shot than Kevin De Bruyne

Both Haaland and De Bruyne are players who are renowned for scoring belters.

The Belgian’s screamer against Chelsea in the 2017/2018 season is perhaps the standout example of his tremendous shooting while the Norwegian’s long-range strike against Ipswich Town sums up how thunderous his left peg is.

When quizzed about which player at the Etihad Stadium has the most powerful shot, Bernardo chose Haaland as one of the two between him and De Bruyne.

The midfield maestro told Pro:Direct Soccer: “I’m between two players. But I’m going here [writes Haaland on a whiteboard].”

“I was going to go between KDB [Kevin De Bruyne] and Erling, yeah.”

Tom Cairney once marvelled at De Bruyne’s shooting while discussing that he is also deceptively fast.

De Bruyne described Haaland as a “goal machine” — when asked about playing with him.

Haaland vs De Bruyne outside the box goals in the Premier League

Since De Bruyne has been playing in the Premier League for far longer than Haaland, it is natural that the former would have scored more goals from outside the box than the latter.

The former VFL Wolfsburg midfielder’s shooting is undeniably world-class as well.

However, the same can be said about the Norwegian strike. Here is a statistical comparison between Haaland and De Bruyne’s goals from outside the box in the Premier League since the 2022/2023 season; from when the pair started playing together at Manchester City.

SEASON HAALAND’S OUTSIDE THE BOX GOALS DE BRUYNE’S OUTSIDE THE BOX GOALS
2022/2023 1 4
2023/2024 1 1
2024/2025 2 1

Haaland has four goals from outside the box in the Premier League since 2022 while De Bruyne has six to his name.

Furthermore, the star striker has made 73 appearances in the league since he joined the club while the Manchester City legend has made 54.

Based on the statistics, De Bruyne’s shooting is superior in comparison to Haaland.

However, Bernardo’s initial claim was about which out of the two’s shooting is more powerful rather than simply better.

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