Manchester City star Erling Haaland has an even bigger audience this year but is also improving his game
Erling Haaland is helping himself at Manchester City this season
Erling Haaland is helping himself at Manchester City this season
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Manchester City may have been defeated at Villa Park but Erling Haaland still left the Midlands with credit. He impressed Villa fans with the credit he gave to their team as part of an analytical critique of the whole game.
If that spoke to a potential career in management when he does hang up his boots, there are a large number of goals for Manchester City's No.9 to score before then. His effort in the 2-1 defeat on Saturday matched his longest streak for scoring in Premier League goals with seven as his terrific start to this year continues.
Haaland can make it eight against Brighton on Saturday and is closing in on another eight that stands as his best effort during his time at the Etihad - the number of headed goals he has managed in a single campaign. That came in his first season, when he scored seven headers in the 2022/23 Premier League and added another in the Champions League to account for 15 per cent of his total goals.