It seems a distant memory now, but there were a few weeks in the summer when some doubted that Erling Haaland would fit in at Manchester City. They were clearly wrong, and Julian Alvarez has now given more evidence of that.
After a disappointing debut in the Community Shield loss to Liverpool in which Haaland struggled to get involved in the game, the critics were temporarily silenced by two opening-day goals at West Ham.
However, they returned when in a 4-0 defeat of Bournemouth Haaland set up one goal but only had eight touches of the ball and completed just two passes in 74 minutes. They said he doesn't get involved in the play enough to satisfy Pep Guardiola, and that sooner or later something would have to change.
