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Joe Bray

Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland wants titles over records after second Man City hat-trick

Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland will not be content with breaking Premier League records if he doesn't back them up with titles, as the striker scored a second successive hat-trick for Manchester City in the win over Nottingham Forest.

After scoring three goals in 18 minutes to help City comeback in the second half against Crystal Palace at the weekend, Haaland picked up where he left off with another brutal hat-trick within 27 first-half minutes against Forest. That took his tally for City to nine goals and one assist in five Premier League games since his summer move from Borussia Dortmund - a record no player has previously achieved.

And Guardiola said after the Forest win that the records will mean nothing to both Haaland and the club if City cannot win titles to go along with them.

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