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Alex Brotherton

Aymeric Laporte reacts to Erling Haaland's Man City debut vs West Ham

Aymeric Laporte was unavailable for Manchester City's first Premier League game of the season, but that certainly didn't stop him from enjoying the 2-0 win against West Ham.

The centre-back was the only senior member of Guardiola's squad to miss the trip to London on Sunday, as he continues to recover from knee surgery. His absence didn't show though as two goals from Erling Haaland on his Premier League debut earned City a comfortable three points.

Haaland received criticism for his performance in the 3-1 Community Shield loss to Liverpool last weekend, with some questioning how quickly the £51m striker would be able to adapt to English football.

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