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'He is a major reason why I see City retaining the title,' he added. 'Liverpool are an incredible team and can beat anyone on their day but I just think.

'He is a major reason why I see City retaining the title,' he added. Rooney said the MLS is of a higher standard to the Championship as he looks to develop 'Many were surprised Guardiola let Raheem Sterling go. Rooney went on to defend the MLS, saying that it was of a 'significantly higher standard' to the Championship. Rooney went on to write that he expects Haaland to deliver on the enormous pressure he arrives under, saying that despite a number of high profile signings to the Premier League not having worked in the past he 'expects' the Norwegian to be a success. Wayne Rooney has backed Erling Haaland to develop into a 'superstar' in England as he expects the Norwegian to be a major factor in deciding the destination of this year's league crown.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Erling Haaland shush his critics by opening his goal-scoring account for Premier League champions Man City against West Ham United ...

But the 22-year-old forward rose to the billing in Man City's Premier League opener at West Ham when he scored via the penalty spot to open his goal-scoring account on his Premier League debut. Exactly eight days after Man City's loss to Liverpool in the traditional Premier League curtain-raiser, Community Shield, Haaland was singled out for criticism after he missed gilt-edge opportunities in the fixture. Erling Haaland Opens His Goalscoring Account for Man City on His Premier League Debut

Erling Haaland opened his Manchester City account 35 minutes into his Premier League debut against West Ham.

It was Haaland's first shot on target of his Premier League career and he was uber clinical from 12 yards. a new shithouse has arrived in the Premier League— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) pic.twitter.com/UzDUjAeMIv August 7, 2022 Premier League pic.twitter.com/BWpPWIdbod August 7, 2022 Welcome to the Premier League Erling Haaland! 👏— Sky Sports (@SkySports) pic.twitter.com/aqYsNTmUOJ August 7, 2022 💥🎯— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) @ErlingHaaland pic.twitter.com/2LXF1AixkZ August 7, 2022 NEVER. IN. DOUBT. 🧘♂️😍— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) @ErlingHaaland pic.twitter.com/sUXhGeyeVL August 7, 2022

All eyes will be on Erling Haaland this afternoon when Manchester City get their Premier League defence underway at the London Stadium against West Ham ...

Having that real goalscorer at No.9 gives City an extra fear factor and makes them a threat from almost anywhere. He is a major reason why I see City retaining the title. “Liverpool are an incredible team and can beat anyone on their day but I just think, across the pitch, City have better players and that they’re a better side.

New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland marked a fine Premier League debut by scoring in each half as the champions began their title defence with a ...

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Erling Haaland marked his first Premier League game with both goals as Man City opened the campaign with an ominously dominant win at West Ham.

They travel to newly promoted Nottingham Forest in the Premier League (Aug. 14) before facing the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League playoff opponent at home (Aug. 18) and then hosting Brighton (Aug. 21) in the Premier League. (Their Europa opponent? With two years left to run on his contract, West Ham may have to offload Rice next summer if he fails to agree a new deal, but if a big offer comes in before the Aug. 31 transfer deadline, it could be tempting for both West Ham and Rice to make the move happen. But although he remains a West Ham player, there is still time for a bigger, wealthier club to make a move for the England international this month, and there are two in particular -- Chelsea and Manchester United -- who have been long-term admirers of Rice and who both still need midfield reinforcements. But the former Paris Saint-Germain keeper, who replaced the injured Lukasz Fabianski on 29 minutes, gifted City the opening goal just seven minutes after going on when he raced off his line and fouled Haaland with a reckless dive that resulted in a penalty. In terms of dominating the game, there were times when City had more than 75% of possession, and this was against a West Ham team that almost clinched a top-six finish last season. If their slick performance against West Ham is a gauge of what is to come, however, the chasing pack will have to sprint just to keep up. Also, it's been almost 30 minutes since I scored the last goal, so I have to keep going." But Haaland scored both goals as City made a winning start to the defence of their title and their star signing showed that he will be a huge asset to Pep Guardiola's team. There was certainly no rust in the win at the London Stadium. Erling Haaland's two goals got the new signing off the mark, and he has added greater potency to a team that already scored plenty. Meanwhile, his second was a classic striker's goal, one that underlined his pace, movement and nerveless ability to beat a keeper in a one-on-one situation. It's fair to say he is already living up to the job description. His first was from the penalty spot after his clever run behind the Hammers' defence was picked out by Ilkay Gundogan. After showing impressive pace to beat Hammers substitute goalkeeper Alphonse Areola to the ball and earn the penalty, Haaland sent him the wrong way from the spot with a precise penalty that nestled in the corner of the net.

Erling Haaland has scored twice on his Premier League debut as Manchester City opened its title defense with a 2-0...

“It was a good start,” Haaland said, adding that he will get even more chances as he becomes more used to playing with his new teammates. City led the league in scoring last season with 99 goals as it edged Liverpool to the title by one point, despite often playing without a recognized striker up front. Haaland needed 35 minutes to open his City account from the penalty spot after being brought down by the goalkeeper in the area, and then netted with a clinical low finish in the 65th minute to double the lead.

Erik ten Hag pleaded for time after starting his Manchester United reign with a disappointing loss. Erling Haaland didn't need much time at all to show what ...

... And we are going to find him more and more and more. "We are going to adapt. With Ronaldo giving the attack a spark, United pulled one back through an own-goal by Alexis Mac Allister after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez failed to punch away a corner. The Norway striker was recruited by City to provide a clear focal point to the team's attack, with Pep Guardiola having spent much of last season playing without a recognized striker. "The way we are going to play is not going to change much (because of Haaland)," Guardiola said. LONDON — Erik ten Hag pleaded for time after starting his Manchester United reign with a disappointing loss.

Erling Haaland bagged a brace on his Premier League debut to inspire City to a 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the London Stadium.

View the gallery below for the best pictures from a superb victory. City remained professional to secure the three points, kicking off our defence of the title in perfect fashion! Pep Guardiola's men began our defence of the Premier League in confident fashion, dominating possession in the capital.

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland will 'not solve all our problems' and claimed he wants to make the 22-year-old a better player.

"When he scores two, he wants three, when he scores three, he wants four. "I don't know him much, so we need time, but I know how he handled criticism this week and he was really calm. "He is a threat for us now, but he is not going to solve all our problems.

Erling Haaland may have got off to a flyer on his Premier League debut but the Norway international was disappointed not to have scored a hat-trick.

The way we are going to play we are not going to change much. He doesn’t want to get too involved with the build-up but when it comes in the box he’s alive. He has a long career and when he's going to retire we will analyse what he has done. He added: "City’s passing and the way they wore West Ham down, who are no mugs. People were saying he's not going to adapt to the Premier League and everyone laughed at him. “It was a good start.

With the cracking of the back of the West Ham net as his entrance music, Erling Haaland announced his swaggering, awe-inspiring arrival to the Premier ...

That in itself is worth a fair chunk of the €60 million City paid for their new No. 9. Of course, De Bruyne would find him with a pass that fizzed into his path. By the standards of a City player, the new signing scarcely touched the ball today. A Phil Foden cross had merely clipped his blond locks, a couple of efforts from Kevin De Bruyne did not really test Lukasz Fabianski. Even after the opener, breaking down a David Moyes' defense, weakened though it may have been with three senior center backs out injured, proved to be quite the challenge. Because how many forwards have there been who can blend the sheer size that Haaland offers with the sprinter's burst that earned him his two goals at the London Stadium today? The shots were not flowing all that freely.

Erling Haaland got his Premier League career off to a dream start, netting a brace on his debut against West Ham this Sunday.

When it was a penalty he immediately took the ball and I like that. "He is adapting perfectly in the way we want to play. "Now he is going [to be the next] Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo. Takes time. Good to get some minutes in the legs early in the season and we have to keep going," he told Sky Sports. Just after the hour mark Haaland doubled his tally, latching onto a fine Kevin De Bruyne through ball and slotting it calmly into the same corner. "It was good.

The Norwegian star scored twice in his league debut with the club in a season-opening 2–0 win over West Ham.

“In the past we didn't have a reference like him and now have it again but at the same time the guys have to put the ball there, especially in transitions. “But at the same time he's not going to solve all our problems, he's going to add something to us as a team. He didn’t even need to take a touch before setting up to shoot, such was the weight of the pass, and such was the technique required to score. Instead of attempting to round the keeper, he opened his hips and calmly used his left to pick out the back post. There’s an acknowledgement that with Haaland in tow, City’s ceiling must be raised—which is saying something for a club that has won four of the last five Premier League titles—and as a result, the goals and wins must flow. But such is the scrutiny of his move from Borussia Dortmund to Man City, and such is the pressure on him to deliver under Pep Guardiola, that every performance of his will fall under the spotlight.

Manchester City's new signing Erling Haaland scored roughly a goal every game in the Bundesliga. Strikers are often not as prolific once they move to the ...

And one factor that benefits Haaland is that he is joining a team that creates a lot of goalscoring chances. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s record at Borussia Dortmund is probably most comparable with Haaland’s. Aubameyang scored 31 goals in 32 games in his final full season at Dortmund. His spell at Arsenal might have ended badly, but in his first two-and-a-half seasons in London, he scored 54 goals in 85 games. He was scoring almost twice as frequently in Germany as he has been since moving to Chelsea, where his ten Premier League goals have come at a rate of one every 389 minutes. That’s bad news for Nottingham Forest’s new signing Taiwo Awoniyi, who scored 15 league goals for Union Berlin last season, but it is good news for Erling Haaland. The German international bagged 86 goals in 219 Bundesliga games for Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart at a rate of one goal every 179 minutes. The pair only managed three Premier League goals between them last season, although that might be down to them joining teams that ended up getting relegated.

On his Premier League debut for Manchester City, Erling Haaland scored two goals but his link-up play and movement were also impressive.

And so he was left to reflect on his debut. Finishing left and right, with his head, the movements.” Haaland immediately grabbed the ball and his composed finish grazed the inside of the post. And of course, there were examples when he was downright dangerous with his interplay. “I’ve been thinking of this my whole life, running behind to time it perfectly,” Haaland said during pre-season. And so did Haaland, who seized upon his chance and finished with certainty. On one occasion, the fans were praising his father with a rendition of, “There’s only one Alfie Haaland” as he did so. It’s impossible to say now whether it will be like this more often than not, but it was a pretty ominous start for the rest of the league, and Europe’s finest. Haaland darted in behind and took the ball around goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, who brought him down. He’s a guy with incredible talent to score goals, but we would like to add something more to his game, to be a better player. So a passing accuracy of 91 per cent is pretty promising. A perfect example came just after the hour-mark.