
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta fretted that the only way to stop Manchester City’s unrelenting talisman Erling Haaland is to block off the service to him.
Haaland has enjoyed a blistering start to the 2025–26 campaign, rattling in six goals across City’s first five matches as well as six in two games for Norway. The 25-year-old nabbed his 50th home Premier League goal last season and brought up a half-century of strikes in the Champions League in midweek, becoming the fastest player in the competition’s history to hit that lofty figure.