Erling Haaland is on fire already 📊

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Chloe Beresford·7 August 2022

Erling Haaland is on fire already 📊

Erling Haaland scored his first Premier League goal after converting a penalty past West Ham substitute goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

Erling Haaland scores his first goal for Manchester City. Destiny ✨
– Sunday, 7 August 2022

Areola brought Haaland down in the area and the referee awarded the spot-kick without hesitation.

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The Norwegian then celebrated with his trademark meditation pose witnessed on occasion at Borussia Dortmund.

💯 @ErlingHaaland scores with the 1st shot on target of his Premier League career, converting from the penalty spot Man City had missed 12 of 33 PL penalties (36%) between Aug 2018-May 2022, with 6 different players failing from the spot
– Sunday, 7 August 2022

He’s off to a flyer in the Premier League after he fired in his second, his brace putting Manchester City 2-0 up over West Ham at the London Stadium.

That means he’s already following in the footsteps of City’s all-time top scorer.

2 - Erling Haaland is the second Manchester City player to score a brace on his Premier League debut, following Sergio Agüero in August 2011. Heir.
– Sunday, 7 August 2022

He was replaced in the 78th minute for Julian Álvarez, so no hat-trick today.