Erling Haaland scored twice to help move Manchester City up to second in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth.
Haaland’s astonishing scoring record is showing no sign of slowing down with his two first-half strikes, either side of Tyler Adams’ equaliser and followed by Nico O’Reilly’s third, taking his tally to 13 in 10 games this season and just two away from 100 league goals.
The goal-scoring machine celebrated his first strike with a robot celebration, but was denied the chance of a hat-trick when he was substituted in the final 10 minutes, with his Man City total standing at 141 goals in 159 appearances.
There were probably a few Fantasy [Premier League] managers that were not so happy when I got subbed off!” Haaland told Sky Sports.
“I didn’t score in the last game. I try to help the team to win, that’s my goal, either by scoring or winning duels, it doesn’t matter as long as we win. I want to help the team become better. That’s my job.”
Man City sparked into life after Eli Junior Kroupi sent them an early warning, tapping in from an offside position within the opening 60 seconds.