Erling Haaland

After scoring his first hat-trick for Manchester City at the weekend -- in its 4-2 win over Crystal Palace -- having joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer ...

"He is so precise. "Julián came from Argentina, but in the first game against Club America, I said this guy will be good for us. Erling is highlighted, Erling deserves everything," Guardiola "Erling has the quality to be there. "Sergio is the legend. "I try to listen as much as I can to Pep [Guardiola] and the boys.

Haaland is answering any and all questions about his ability to integrate into the Premier League one goal—and hat trick—at a time.

He scored with his first touch on Wednesday, finishing from in close after Phil Foden provided the assist. After a 28-minute hat trick in the second half rescued three points for Man City vs. Or, in the case of the last two matches, one hat trick at a time.

After successive hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, 22-year-old summer signing Haaland already has nine goals in five Premier League ...

They'll be getting them to come and help them, they'll be asking the left back to come inside and help them. 'He's the sort of striker where defenders - you know, Drogba was like it - where defenders six days before were in the changing room like "Oh, we're playing Drogba on Saturday". [Crystal Palace](/sport/teampages/crystal-palace.html) and Nottingham Forest, 22-year-old Haaland already has nine goals in five Premier League games - and former [Aston Villa](/sport/teampages/aston-villa.html) striker Agbonlahor has claimed defenders are already terrified of him.

Erling Haaland scored his second hat-trick for Manchester City against Nottingham Forest. The Norwegian forward has made an incredible start to life as a ...

Combine that with a brilliant awareness despite still being so young, it makes Haaland a handful for defenders. But as early signs go, they don’t get stronger and more scary than this. City ran riot as Steve Cooper’s side visited the Etihad Stadium, with Julian Alvarez also impressing in a 6-0 thumping. It’s fascinating and also rather frightening. Check it out below. Those doubts have already been shattered.

After five games, the Manchester City striker already has nine goals, two hat-tricks and two Premier League scoring records.

The Norwegian already has nine goals and broke two records against Forest: he is the scorer of the highest number of goals in August in the history of the Premier League, surpassing the record held jointly by Micky Quinn and Sergio Agüero, who both managed eight. [needing time to adapt](https://en.as.com/soccer/how-many-times-has-erling-haaland-scored-in-a-debut-game-n/) to a new league applied to Erling Haaland has been thoroughly disabused. The Manchester City striker needed just 38 minutes to score his [second consecutive Premier League hat-trick](https://en.as.com/soccer/haaland-hits-half-hour-haty-trick-n/) against Nottingham Forest as City strolled to a 6-0 win.

Former Manchester City player Didi Hamann thinks Erling Haaland can set a new Premier League goalscoring record.

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Erling Haaland has become just the sixth player in Premier League history to score back-to-back hat-tricks…

The first player to score back-to-back Premier League hat-tricks, then? The first came back in 2017, when Mauricio Pochettino’s free-flowing Spurs demolished Leciester and then Hull, with Kane gunning for the Golden Boot. He then repeated the feat seven months later, with Burnley and Southampton his next victims. Yeah, Drogba was at the heart of that, taking home a match ball as well as a Premier League winner’s medal that day. That just goes to show how remarkable a feat it actually is, no matter the opposition. Haaland has looked immense from the off.

After scoring his first hat-trick for Manchester City at the weekend -- in its 4-2 win over Crystal Palace -- having joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer ...

"He is so precise. "Julián came from Argentina, but in the first game against Club America, I said this guy will be good for us. Erling is highlighted, Erling deserves everything," Guardiola "Erling has the quality to be there. "Sergio is the legend. "I try to listen as much as I can to Pep [Guardiola] and the boys.

ERLING HAALAND has lit up the Premier League since joining Manchester City this summer.

The now 22-year-old went on to bag an incredible 86 goals and 23 assists in 89 games for Dortmund as he developed into one of the best strikers in the world. Haaland has started his City career in emphatic fashion and notched his second consecutive hat-trick on Wednesday night as the Citizens put Nottingham Forest to the sword. Haaland’s representatives wanted to secure a share from future sales of the player as part of a transfer deal. By the time Haaland had played his last game for the Austrian club, he had accumulated a staggering 29 goals in 27 appearances. And their failure to get their hands on the blockbuster Norway striker could be their greatest transfer mistake ever. Haaland came through the ranks at Bryne in his homeland before joining Molde in 2017.

Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva decided to stay at Manchester City despite speculation linking him with a move away from the Etihad as he also backed ...

They know as well that as long as I'm here I'm going to give my 100 per cent for this club, for them and my team-mates.” I'm very happy here as I said and I'm going to do my best. It's nice to have two strikers like them that smell the goal and know where to be in the box.” “I spoke with the club and I'm staying. Especially in the last two games he was unbelievable and I hope he continues in this way. You can see in his face the way he wants to score, how aggressive he is inside the box and that's great to have in the box. The fans have always been there for me and from day one the support that they showed me was - and is - unbelievable and I'm very grateful for that. I'm happy here and I will do my best. “I think in the games he's even better, in terms of when he gets pressure he gets better and deals with it very well. There was one offer from one team, no more than that, so it was quite easy for me and for the club. Asked how many goals he thinks Haaland can score this season, Bernardo said: “I hope 50 or 60 - by Christmas! His hunger for goals, he always wants more and to have a striker like him in our team is just great.