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Haaland scores unreal Champions League goal as Man City downs Borussia Dortmund

Nico Schlotterbeck may not know how to stop Haaland after all

What does a team playing Manchester City even do about Erling Haaland?

No team in the world would have a better idea about that than Borussia Dortmund, but all they could do is watch as their former superstar striker produced a preposterous goal to give Man City a 2-1 comeback victory over the German side in the Champions League on Wednesday.

A day after Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck said “I know how to stop Haaland,” the Norway striker proved that statement to be not entirely true. Schlotterbeck didn’t start for Dortmund, but that appeared largely irrelevant. Haaland wasn’t particularly involved, and Dortmund entered the final minutes of the match up 1-0 on a Jude Bellingham goal.

However, Man City’s pressure paid off. With Dortmund forced to defend too deep for too long, they made the choice to hunker down, bringing Schlotterbeck in for Anthony Modeste in the hopes that an extra defender would see them through.

However, Dortmund just kept being too deep, and that gave room for John Stones to launch a rocket from out on the right to equalize in the 80th minute.

If Stones’ goal was a top-tier strike, what came next for Haaland was in the stratosphere. João Cancelo used the outside of his right foot to scoop a sumptuous pass into the area, but even with perfect delivery, Haaland was marked on both sides. Even the best strikers would have a hard time ensuring that their run took them away from one marker, and still gave them an angle to beat the other to the ball.

Haaland did both of those things, but added a level of difficulty to it by somewhat inexplicably opting against a leap for a header. Instead, he did a nearly full splits, hopping up with his right foot and using his left to acrobatically stab the ball past Alexander Meyer.

Oh, and the person marking him most closely as all that was going on? Apologies to Schlotterbeck, but at least he got the best look at an incredible goal.

It was impressive as it was vital, as a road draw for Dortmund would have given the German side a slight edge in the race to win Group G. Haaland’s late winner instead gives Man City a three-point edge after just two rounds of games, and with two meetings with group minnows FC Copenhagen still to come.

The goal just adds to Haaland’s spectacular start to life in Manchester. He has 13 goals in just nine appearances so far, including at least one goal in each of Man City’s last six competitive matches.

Watch Haaland defy gravity to score Man City’s winner

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Así fue el golazo de Haaland a su ex equipo para el triunfo en Champions

Fue un golazo sin duda no solo por la calidad en el pase y la definición sino por el momento del partido

Erling Haaland marcó un golazo que sirvió para darle el triunfo al Manchester City ante su ex equipo, el Borussia Dortmund que se había ido al frente en el marcador.

La jornada de Champions ha vivido dos reencuenytros muy esperados, el de Haaland con el Dortmund luego de su llegada al City y el de ayer de Lewandowski ante el Bayern Munich tras llegar al Barcelona.

Lewa no pudo festejar, pero Haaland si y por partida doble, pues no solo su equipo ganó, lo hizo con un golazo suyo tras un titubeante partido de los de Guardiola.

Fue al minuto 82 cuando el partido ya se encontraba igualado a un gol tras una ventaja del Dortmund en la segunda mitad. El noruego recibió un servicio de tres dedos dentro del área un tanto incómodo pero lo supo resolver con gran técnica para alargar su legado de goles en la Champions League.

Fue un golazo sin duda no solo por la calidad en el pase y la definición sino por el momento del partido, además de que fue la única ocasión de gol que tuvo el letal delantero que no perdonó a sus ex compañeros y le dio al Manchester City la victoria y los tres puntos.

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Erling Haaland scores another hat trick as Man City crushes Nottingham Forest

Haaland is making hat tricks just a thing that happens all the time

Erling Haaland is going to make scoring hat tricks boring at this rate.

Manchester City thumped Nottingham Forest 6-0 on Wednesday, with Haaland scoring three times in the first 38 minutes of the game. Haaland even managed to score one with his left foot, one with his right, and the third on a header.

Just four days earlier, Haaland had a hat trick in the second half of a 4-2 win over Crystal Palace. In his Premier League debut earlier this month, he had a brace against West Ham, and he’s now put up nine goals in five league matches since a €60 million move from Borussia Dortmund this summer. That is, per Opta, a new record for goals in a player’s first five Premier League games.

Haaland opened the scoring in the 12th minute, muscling past his marker to stab home a Phil Foden cross following a short corner.

That duo linked up again 10 minutes later after a poor Forest clearance quickly became some typically intricate one-touch passing from Man City to rip the defense open, leaving Haaland to guide a shot into an empty net.

Haaland finished the hat trick in the 38th minute as Man City began to truly show off. João Cancelo scooped a service to the back post with the outside of his foot that Foden headed back across goal to John Stones, who then nodded it to Haaland to head home from about two yards out.

Man City got one goal from Cancelo and two more from Julián Álvarez in the second half, while Pep Guardiola—presumably frustrated when Haaland went several minutes without scoring more goals—pulled the Norwegian in the 69th minute.

Watch yet another Haaland hat trick

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Erling Haaland explodes for second-half hat trick in Manchester City win over Crystal Palace

Haaland’s probably going to score a few goals this year

It seems like Erling Haaland is going to score a lot of goals for Manchester City.

For the second week in a row, the defending Premier League champions came from two goals down to get a result, this time in a 4-2 win over Crystal Palace, and it wouldn’t have happened without Haaland’s first hat trick since completing a summer move from Borussia Dortmund.

Palace raced out to an early 2-0 lead at the Etihad Stadium thanks to a John Stones own goal and a powerful header from Joachim Andersen, and got into halftime without conceding.

Last week, Newcastle lead Man City 3-1 only for Pep Guardiola’s side to come back for a 3-3 draw. This time, they took it a step further, scoring four times in the second half to make it three wins out of four to start the 2022-23 season.

Bernardo Silva got the comeback in motion with a 53rd minute goal, setting the stage for Haaland. First, the Norway striker knifed through the Palace defense to nod in Phil Foden’s delicate 62nd minute cross, leveling the scores.

Man City then took the lead in the 70th minute, as Haaland got the final touch following a stunningly intricate sequence of one-touch play inside the box after a quickly-taken corner had caught Palace off-guard.

Finally, Haaland sealed his hat trick as the game got stretched. Ilkay Gundogan drove forward through the midfield before pushing play forward to Haaland, who held off a defender before powering a shot past Vicente Guaita, effectively killing the game off with his league-leading sixth goal of the season.

“It was a proud moment for me and my family and yes I’m happy,” Haaland told the BBC after the match. “It’s a mentality that we trust each other and we know the chances will come. It’s about keeping going. In the end we scored four goals and that’s a really good thing.”

“We have not done anything special for him that he didn’t do before,” noted Guardiola, again speaking to the BBC. “It is important for him to get goals. He has the sense to score goals. The third one, to have the quality to be strong then put the ball in the net.”

Check out Haaland’s hat trick

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OK, maybe Erling Haaland won’t be a huge bust after all

The Premier League is officially on notice

Bad news for anybody hoping Manchester City won’t win another Premier League title this season: Erling Haaland is still pretty good!

Haaland had a difficult start to his City career last weekend, touching the ball just 16 times against Liverpool in the Community Shield and missing an absolute sitter at the end of the game.

Perhaps it would take the prolific Norwegian a little more time than expected to settle into life in England after a move from Borussia Dortmund in the offseason.

But on Sunday, in his Premier League debut, Haaland looked much more like, well … Haaland.

The 22-year-old scored both goals in Man City’s 2-0 win over West Ham, looking generally terrifying throughout.

Haaland won and converted a penalty for City’s opener and then – in perhaps the most ominous sign for City’s rivals – he showed the beginning of what could be a devastating combination with Kevin De Bruyne, who played Haaland in behind West Ham’s defense for City’s second.

After the game, the notoriously goal-hungry Haaland sounded far from satisfied with his brace.

“It was good. [It was a] good start there is nothing much to say other than that and it was 2-0. Good to get some minutes in the legs early in the season and we have to keep going,” he told Sky Sports.

When asked if he could have had a hat trick, he added: “Yes. I should have been there [to connect with Ilkay Gundogan’s cross]. It’s sh––, but that’s how it is!”

Haaland concluded: “Also now it is almost 30 minutes since I scored the last goal so I have to keep going.”

The Premier League is officially on notice.

Watch Haaland’s debut double for Man City

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Liverpool, Man City treated the Community Shield like a real game

The Community Shield seemed to matter this time

The FA Community Shield functions as a curtain raiser for English soccer, but with Liverpool and Manchester City likely set to battle for every trophy once again, the Premier League giants treated what is ostensibly a friendly like a final.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola fielded extremely strong lineups, and kept them out there for the first hour before making subs like…£85m addition Darwin Núñez. Fans in the crowd roared, both teams lobbied furiously for VAR decisions that went their way, smoke bombs were tossed onto the pitch. If the teams were supposed to just be getting an easy run-out in as part of their preseason preparations, no one told them.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s beautifully composed 20-yard finish gave the Reds the lead, but new addition Julián Álvarez got Man City level on a goal that was initially called off only for VAR, after a spell, to overturn that choice.

VAR was involved again on the winner, as Núñez’s header struck Rúben Dias. This wait was even longer, but in the end Mohamed Salah was granted a spot kick after Dias was judged to have handled the ball, and the Egyptian fired home the winner.

Even with Liverpool facing another friendly Sunday—they’ll host Strasbourg at Anfield—they were playing at their familiar high tempo, and Núñez improvised a header in stoppage time to get Liverpool their first trophy of the year.

That said, there was still a preseason sort of moment mixed in. Even deeper into stoppage time, Erling Haaland somehow managed to fire into the stands when standing in front of an open net, capping off a frustrating day at the office for Man City’s biggest summer addition.

Still, the fact was that it felt like it mattered, rather than simply being one more game in the mess of preseason fixtures. Teams generally brush off a Community Shield loss, especially when their opponent isn’t supposed to contend for much in the coming season (see: Man City losing to Leicester City last season).

But when you’re Liverpool, coming off of a season that kept ending with second-place finishes, it makes sense to throw down the gauntlet to Man City and the rest of the league. And if you’re City, of course you want to maintain your place as England’s best team.

Sometimes this kind of ceremonial season kick-off kind of game can just sort of drift by. They give a trophy out, and no one spends time thinking about it again for the rest of the year.

This time, between these two teams? It feels like the first chapter of a saga.

See the goals that won Liverpool the Community Shield

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Erling Haaland’s first Man City goal came at Lambeau Field

It took just 12 minutes for Haaland to get his first Man City goal

Erling Haaland’s first on-field appearance in a Manchester City shirt saw him score his first goal since his £85.5m transfer from Borussia Dortmund.

Wasting no time as Man City faced Bayern Munich in a friendly Saturday, Haaland dove in to tap a Jack Grealish pass past Manuel Neuer just 12 minutes into his first appearance with the English champions.

The friendly, played at the American soccer cathedral that is Lambeau Field, was delayed due to lightning, and in fact began a second, lengthier lightning delay immediately after Haaland’s goal as storms moved through the area. It marks the first-ever goal scored at the venue, as the NFL stadium has never actually hosted soccer before.

Check out Haaland’s first-ever Man City goal

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Man City’s Erling Haaland scores first-ever goal at Lambeau Field

Erling Haaland of Manchester City scored the first ever goal at Lambeau Field on Saturday night.

The celebration was shortened thanks to a weather delay, but Manchester City’s Erling Haaland still scored the first-ever goal at Lambeau Field during Saturday’s friendly match in Green Bay.

Haaland, a prized acquisition during the summer transfer market, redirected a cross from Jack Grealish to put home the opening goal after 12 minutes.

Saturday’s match is the first in the long history of Lambeau Field.

The match was delayed immediately following the goal due to inclement weather.

Man City, one of the best teams in England, is facing Bayern Munich, a giant of German soccer.

Here’s another view of the goal, via ESPN:

The game has been well-attended. Announced attendance at Lambeau Field is over 78,000. Lightning around the stadium has caused delays, both before and during the contest.

The Packers will hope Haaland isn’t the first No. 9 to score at Lambeau this season. Rookie receiver Christian Watson, the team’s highest-drafted receiver since 2002, is wearing No. 9 for the Packers in 2022.

5 claves por las que Erling Haaland triunfará con el Manchester City

Es oficial, Erling Haaland ya fue presentado con el Manchester City a través de sus redes sociales y los citizens tienen a su nuevo goleador

Es oficial, Erling Haaland ya fue presentado con el Manchester City a través de sus redes sociales y los citizens tienen a su nuevo goleador.

El equipo de Pep Guardiola suma a un delantero de altísimo nivel que en cinco temporadas espera conseguir logros con el equipo pero sin duda en la mente de todos solo hay una cosa, la Champions league.

Aquí las cinco claves por las que Erling Haaland triunfará en el Manchester City

It’s official: Erling Haaland has completed his Man City transfer

The Premier League champions will look even more formidable next season

Manchester City has confirmed that superstar forward Erling Haaland has completed his transfer from Borussia Dortmund, signing a five-year contract with the Premier League champions.

City announced last month that it had reached an agreement in principle with Dortmund over a deal for a relatively bargain price of €60 million ($63m), according to multiple reports.

“This is a proud day for me and my family,” Haaland, whose father Alf-Inge played for City in the early 2000s, told City’s official website.

“I have always watched City and have loved doing so in recent seasons. You can’t help but admire their style of play, it’s exciting and they create a lot of chances, which is perfect for a player like me.

“There are so many world-class players in this squad and Pep [Guardiola] is one of the greatest managers of all-time, so I believe I am in the right place to fulfill my ambitions.

“I want to score goals, win trophies and improve as a footballer and I am confident I can do that here. This is a great move for me and I can’t wait to get started in pre-season.”

Though he’s still only 21, Haaland is undoubtedly one of the top strikers in the world already, having scored an incredible 86 goals in 89 games during his two-and-a-half-year run with Borussia Dortmund.

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