Haaland made his debut and scored a brace against West Ham

Erling Haaland debuted in the Premier as expected of him: with a double He gave victory this Sunday to his new team, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, against West Ham on the first day of the 2022-23 English championship (0-2). Haaland scored from a penalty in the 36th minute and after a good pass by Kevin de Bruyne in the 65th minute, the first example of what is called a good association in the ‘citizen’s’ team.

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Despite the fact that the initial 0-0 remained on the scoreboard until 36′, the dominance of City (champion of England and winner of four of the last five editions of the Premier) was intense against a ‘hammer’ team committed to try to defend himself and found that in the 29th minute in the problem caused by the injury of his goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianski.

Erling Haaland took 36 minutes to score his first Premier goal. He did this by converting a penalty taken by the ‘hammer’ goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola, into the Norwegian striker himself. Ilkay Gündogan was also key in the game, with Haaland combining. Areola came on to replace the injured Fabianski.

The way was open for City, who had several chances, but extended his lead again thanks to Haaland, in a wonderful sense after a great combination with Kevin de Bruyne, who helped him in a great way. It’s 65′ and the match has become almost impossible for a West Ham team in which one of its great stars, Jarrod Bowenhis afternoon is gone.

Haaland handed over his cover letter on his Premier debut after arriving at City from Borussia Dortmund. The victory was not lost on a dominant City, while their great rivals, Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, could not go beyond the 2-2 against Fulham on Saturday at Craven Cottage.