The result means Pep Guardiola‘s side are now winless in six matches across all competitions, with five losses and one draw.
Haaland struck a brace, becoming the fastest man in the competition’s history to 50 goal contributions in the process, with Ilkay Gundogan also finding the net to leave City cruising.
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However, the visitors staged a remarkable comeback in the final 15 minutes through Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko to earn a point.
Ake, though disappointed with the draw, declared that the team have recovered from setbacks in previous seasons, and is adamant that they can do the same again this time too.
“The only thing we can do now, we know we’ve been in this situation, maybe not similar, but kind of this situation last season and the season before, where we maybe weren’t winning games or playing our best football,” the Dutch defender said.
“But we got out of it because we stayed strong as a team. We didn’t listen too much to the outside noise.
“I think we have to do the same again now. Stay together as a team, stay strong, believe in each other and get out of it.
“As a team we’ve shown we can do it, we have to make sure we believe in ourselves, stay strong, show our character and go out playing again.”
The Dutchman also reserved some praise for the record-breaking Haaland and looked ahead to Sunday’s crunch Premier League clash with Liverpool.
Watch the entire interview via the video at the top of the page.
