For a moment, he looked human, he looked fallible, he looked as though nerves might actually be even the smallest issue in his game.
We should have known better. Even the shock of putting a first half penalty into the punters did not stop the goalscoring machine that is Erling Haaland. And his wonderful finish early in the second half put any hopes of an unlikely Bayern fightback to bed.
Pep Guardiola and the Manchester City hierarchy might protest when it is suggested Haaland was bought with the express intention of changing the club’s Champions League fortunes but don’t believe them. And you would be a brave man or woman to bet against him firing them all the way to eventual triumph in Istanbul in June.
