Rayan Cherki announced himself in style as Manchester City coasted to a 4-0 win over Wolves in the opening game of the new Premier League season.
The France international was only given 17 minutes of action by Pep Guardiola, but still managed to score a delightful goal and also linked up well with his teammates.
This impactful cameo could earn Rayan Cherki a start against Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium this Saturday – where he would do something Manchester City fans have not seen since 2009 if he scores again.
Rayan Cherki could become the first since Emmanuel Adebayor to score in opening two Premier League games for Manchester City
Following his £25m move from Arsenal in July 2009, Emmanuel Adebayor made a great start to life in Manchester.
The Togolese striker scored against Blackburn and Wolves in the opening two games of that 2009/10 Premier League campaign, with no player managing to emulate the feat of scoring in their first two Premier League games for Manchester City ever since.
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Even Erling Haaland, who remarkably scored 15 goals in his first nine Premier League appearances, could not do this, having failed to score in his second outing, which was a 4-0 win over Bournemouth.
Therefore, if Cherki – who Kylian Mbappe admires – nets against Tottenham, the Frenchman will emulate Adebayor.
Tijjani Reijnders – who has impressed Manchester City fans – is also in with a shot of matching this statistic, having scored in the win against Wolves as well.
Erling Haaland could emulate Alan Shearer
If Haaland scores twice on Saturday, a bit of Premier League history would be made.
As things stand, only Alan Shearer has managed to score 50 goals at home in the Premier League within 50 appearances, achieving the feat in just 47 appearances.
Haaland currently sits on 48 goals in 48 Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium, so a brace against Tottenham would fire him into the highly exclusive club.