The inevitability was that, wearing the captain’s armband, facing his former club when he is in such irresistible form, Erling Haaland would score. The surprise was that anyone would outscore him. Sadly for Borussia Dortmund, it was not them, individually or collectively.
A Phil Foden double with certain similarities meant that this is as close as Haaland has come to being upstaged by anyone else at Manchester City this season. Many a match has lent itself to the theory that they are over-reliant on their giant talisman for goals, but this was not one of them, not with Rayan Cherki also finding the net. “I am happy it is not just Erling scoring goals,” said coach Pep Guardiola.
