You can hardly call two goals and an assist in the opening two games a disappointment of any description.
Erling Haaland has certainly hit the ground running at Manchester City, but it's clear that things aren't clicking completely into place just yet. We've already seen glimpses of how devastating the striker will be for hapless Premier League defences. There can't be a much more terrifying sight for a centre-back than a 6ft3" mountain of a man barrelling towards you at a pace he shouldn't be able to reach, especially when you know he also has all the skills required to stick the ball in the back of the net once he gets to it.
Against West Ham, he was twice played through with brilliant passes, from Ilkay Gundogan and then Kevin De Bruyne, respectively. With the first, he was brought down in the box before dispatching the penalty, and with the second he calmly slotted it into the corner. A finish which is quickly becoming a trademark.
