The unstoppable Norwegian: nine goals in five games, no one had ever started like this in the Premier. Here’s how it changed in Manchester with Guardiola
Cyclone Erling does not stop. Three goals in 38 ‘in City’s 6-0 against Newcastle are the last pearl of Haaland, who seizes a record of sensational precocity: 9 goals in the first 5 career games in the Premier League had never been scored by anyone, not even his idol Sergio Aguero. The Norwegian is a force of nature that scores in every way: head, cunning, power, opportunism. Just what Pep Guardiola’s extraordinary trophy machine has been missing in recent years.