Erling Haaland was left red-faced during a recent Manchester City training session - after being ruthlessly nutmegged twice by his team-mates.
The Norwegian has been one of the stars in the Premier League so far this season following his £51m arrival from German giants Borussia Dortmund. Ahead of this weekend’s game with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, Haaland has 17 goals from just 11 league appearances.
It is looking likely that the 22-year-old will be waltzing away with a whole host of awards come the end of the campaign including the Golden Boot and surely much more.
Despite that, his Man City team-mates did not allow him to escape some ridicule with fresh footage having emerged of a pre-match training session at the Etihad Stadium.
The video - taking place ahead of City’s Champions League showdown with Borussia Dortmund earlier this month - showed Pep Guardiola ’s side taking part in a possession drill. Haaland was the man in the middle attempting to win the ball back but endured a few embarrassing moments.
Team-mate Kevin De Bruyne was the first to poke the ball through the Norwegian striker’s legs before Portuguese creator Bernardo Silva then repeated the trick to leave Haaland aghast.
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Despite having not quite had the best time of things before the match against Dortmund at the Etihad, he did eventually enjoy a dream reunion with his former side. After John Stones had cancelled out Jude Bellingham ’s opener, Haaland was on hand to guide home a dramatic, late winner with an acrobatic effort.
He could not continue that on his first trip back to the Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday evening and was withdrawn at half-time.
Guardiola has since revealed that there were concerns over his fitness, something that could see his inclusion against Leicester at the weekend put in doubt.
Speaking after the final whistle in Germany, the Spanish head coach said: "[There were] three things. I saw him [Haaland] so tired. Second one, he had a little bit of influenza in his body. Like Joao [Cancelo] - Joao had a fever.
"Then the third, he had a knock in his foot. That's why he was not able to play the second half. I spoke with [the medical staff] at half-time and they were a little bit concerned, but I saw him walking more or less normally. We will see."
Should Haaland be fit to play, then he will no doubt be aiming to have a better time of things compared to the last time he visited the King Power Stadium. The Norwegian made his competitive Man City debut in the Community Shield against Liverpool but ended up on the losing side and crashed a fantastic opportunity to open his goalscoring account against the crossbar.
