Erling Haaland shined brightly with a double against MU, making a big contribution to helping the Green Man win 3-0 at Old Trafford.
Man City was rated higher than MU in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford, and Pep Guardiola’s team had a convincing victory with a score of 3-0. Erling Haaland was the best player in the match. The Norwegian player contributed to both goals of the Etihad team, including 2 goals and 1 assist.
First Haaland opened the scoring from the 11m mark in the 26th minute, then he headed close to double the gap in the 49th minute. With the double, Erling Haaland has scored 20 away goals in fewer appearances. any player previously in the Premier League (23 games).
Behind the striker born in 2000 are Kevin Phillips (28), Ian Wright (31), Diego Costa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (both 33). Haaland is still leading the Premier League scoring list this season with 11 goals. In the 80th minute, Haaland assisted Phil Foden to set the score 3-0 for the away team.
In addition, on average every 64 minutes in the Premier League, the Norwegian striker scores or assists, a better rate than any other player (with at least 40 appearances). Behind Haaland are Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero (both 86), Mohamed Salah (93) and Robin van Persie (102).
With 3 points against MU, Man City continues to chase Tottenham on the rankings. Green Man and Arsenal both have 24 points, 2 points behind Spurs.