Haaland continues devastating form
Manchester City had 85 per cent possession up to the moment Erling Haaland turned in Phil Foden's cross to open the scoring against Nottingham Forest, but Haaland had not seen the ball once. There still appears to be an issue with Haaland's lack of touches, even though he averaged a goal every 15 touches going into this one.
The fact that he scored with his first touch against Forest after 12 minutes is another reminder that Haaland's lack of touches isn't a problem for anyone at City. It's a problem for defences to ensure he's not being as destructive when he does touch it. His second and third touches set up and scored the second goal, hammering home that fact, before some good build-up play and headed hat-trick goal made it three in 27 minutes and back-to-back hat-tricks in back-to-back halves.
