Erling Haaland has ripped up the record book this season and also emphatically proved wrong a few misconceptions about Manchester City.
Of course, City can play with a number nine, and are better with Haaland in the side. Those two notions were never really in doubt, but have been used as a curious stick to beat him with. In truth, anyone suggesting Haaland is making City worse or is at the wrong club clearly hasn't seen them play this season.
Maybe the only trend he's successfully bucked is making such a significant impact so soon in his City career. He only needs to look around the team for players who needed time to adapt, when it took Haaland all of one Community Shield outing. In that respect, Haaland is a significant outlier in a group of similar cases.
