Are we the farmers’ league? It’s a fair question to ask, certainly if any concerns over whether Erling Haaland would adapt to life in the Premier League were considered fair just a few weeks ago. Some questioned whether he would suit Manchester City’s style of play. Some wondered if he would have to pay “the Bundesliga tax”. Some, more reasonably, asked if he might be rested for this first midweek outing of many, given his less than ideal injury record.
But after scoring his second hat-trick in the space of a week, taking just 38 minutes to tear newly-promoted Nottingham Forest apart, it is the poor defenders that have to face him every week between now and May who are probably in need of a good lie down.
