Haaland

There is jeopardy in fresh forward lines and that is where the initial fascination of this season's Premier League title race lies.

But in the rejigging of forward lines there is an element of jeopardy and it is in that uncertainty that the initial fascination of this season’s title race lies. Díaz was widely seen as having assimilated quickly but was ineffective in the Champions League final, though, and there must have been concerns about the way that Mané’s move into the centre seemed to impinge on Mohamed Salah’s form in the second half of last season. The problem is that the circumstance in which it perhaps doesn’t work is against the very best sides in the very biggest games and, by definition, there are very few of them, meaning the data set is necessarily slight. Perhaps the two can add improvisation that will raise City to greater heights, but it is a risk. He has scored 78 league goals over the past three seasons; he himself has spoken of watching City and imagining how many goals he would score just like the one he got 12 minutes into his first appearance for the club, a friendly against Bayern, jabbing in a low cross from close range. As City look to make it five Premier League titles in six seasons, a level of dominance in English football achieved only twice before, by Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United between 1995-96 and 2000-01 and Liverpool’s run from 1978-79 to 1983-84, Haaland is this summer’s most significant signing.

After a misfiring competitive debut from Erling Haaland, both Roy Keane and Ian Wright talked at length about Man City's big summer signing.

It's only a matter of time." "Love watching him live," Keane gushed. "They got him in to do what he's doing, and he is doing it in this game. "He should have headed it," said Wright, "but he's gone with the right foot - the most difficult way to take that chance." At some stage, the City players are going to look up and see he's making those runs. Roy Keane is not one of them.

Roy Keane was surprisingly complimentary of Erling Haaland after the Norwegian striker made his competitive debut for Manchester City.

He’s got all the attributes,” Keane commented. “His movement is outstanding and it is only a matter of time, especially when City get that sharpness back, going forward. His movement is unbelievable.”

Erling Haaland struggled on his competitive Manchester City debut as they lost out to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

Manchester City have further bolstered their squad with the acquisition of Erling Haaland, who has received a rave review from Roy Keane ahead of his first ...

He’s come to one of the best clubs in the world who needed a striker of that calibre, we’re not saying City have been struggling to win the league but with this guy in it and this calibre of player coming to the Premier League it’s exactly what you need." " I’d be encouraged from what I saw from Haaland today," he assessed after the final whistle. exciting, that’s exactly what this young kid is and I’m excited to watch him over the next few months."

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For Liverpool, their new signing Darwin Nunez experienced contrasting fortunes to Haaland as he was on the scoresheet in the 3-1 win. - Haaland only managed eight touches on the ball in the first half of the Community Shield In the opening 45 minutes against Liverpool, Haaland only managed eight touches of the ball.

Erling Haaland had a difficult start to life as a Man City player on Saturday afternoon, with his side going down 3-1 to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

For such a usually lethal marksman to react in such a way would have surprised many, but it summed up how awry the striker's full debut had gone. The miss was met with deafening ironic cheers from the Liverpool supporters at the other end of the King Power Stadium. The Norwegian had a difficult start to life as a Manchester City player on Saturday afternoon, with his side going down 3-1 to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

Jamie Carragher expects Manchester City striker Erling Haaland to suffer the same online abuse as Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez after the Community Shield.

Another time he will put it in the net. "It is good for him to see the reality in a new country and a new league but he was there. "When Erling Haaland scored in the States everyone talked about how impressive he was.