It is unlikely to be this easy every week but in his first 78 minutes of Premier League action, Erling Haaland has quickly put those nonsense doubts following last weekend’s Community Shield to bed - and already given Manchester City an advantage in what is likely to be another down-to-the-wire title race.
The £51m signing scored in either half as Pep Guardiola’s team comfortably brushed aside West Ham United a day after Liverpool began their campaign with two points dropped on the other side of the capital.
For Haaland the only downside was that he could not complete his hat-trick, slapping his lap in frustration when being replaced in the 78th minute for Julian Alvarez having sent a pair of headers wide.
