The Aston Villa attacker was speaking to the media ahead of England's quarter final against Norway in the World Cup
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England and Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers(Image: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire)
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Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers admits England cannot stop Erling Haaland - but they can stop his supply.
The attacking midfielder insists there's no secret recipe to nullifying Norway's prolific marksman, even though the Manchester City striker has fired blank in his past four appearances against Aston Villa. Rogers explained: "Has anyone ever stopped Erling Haaland? I'm not sure they have but we are are going to have to try. "I think he's such an unbelievable player, the things he does, the numbers he puts up, you're just in awe of how good he is and the level he's at. "We're going to have to maybe try and stop how they play and work on those things and stop how the balls go into him and how he gets his chances because he's so deadly in front of goal. "We've got to be aware of that. We've got to know that. But also, it's not just him. "They've got other good players as well that we play against regularly in the Premier League that we need to be mindful of. "They're a really good team. I think that's what their biggest super strength is, that as a team, as a unit, they're so strong."
Rogers also concedes that he cannot help but dream of reaching the final now that England have made it this far. When asked whether he's allowed himself to think ahead - or whether it's one game at a time - the 23-year-old continued: "A bit of both I think. "We're human and you can't help think that every game win is a step closer to the end goal but at the same time if you take your eye off the ball for any second I think that's where you can get punished. "In this game it's really fine margins. "It can be mentality of going into a game that can decide the game and be the difference so I think we have to dust ourselves off. "We've kind of broke it down to different stages of the tournament and how we attack it and how we see it going and that can kind of switch our mindset differently and we're all aligned, we're all on the same page of attacking each game in the best way possible really so I think it's difficult. "We're all human and we're all excited as we should be."
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