Erling Haaland helped fire Manchester City to the top of the Premier League as the striker continued his red-hot form at Wolves.The Norway international plundered a 14th goal in 10 appearances in a ruthless 3-0 win at Molineux.Jack Grealish also sent a message to his critics, scoring dominant City’s first-minute opener, with Phil Foden adding a third.View this post on InstagramA post share...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola is expecting plenty more from the prolific Erling Haaland.Manchester City boss Guardiola compared the Norwegian striker to Johan Cryuff in midweek after his superb late winner against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.The strike was Haaland’s 13th in just nine appearances since his £51million summer move to the Etihad Stadium from the German club.The 22-year-old...Full Story »

Lawrence Shankland’s well-taken penalty sent Hearts on their way to a 2-0 Europa Conference League win over RFS in Latvia.Shankland struck two minutes before half-time and substitute Alan Forrest netted in stoppage-time to kickstart Hearts’ European campaign.Hearts had lost six of their previous seven games including a 4-0 home defeat by Istanbul Basaksehir in their opening group mat...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola compared Erling Haaland to Johan Cruyff after the prolific Norwegian volleyed a superb late winner against Borussia Dortmund.Haaland stunned his old club with six minutes remaining of a tight Champions League clash at the Etihad Stadium as he leapt and stretched to turn in a swerving Joao Cancelo cross.His effort completed a late City comeback and snatched a 2-1 victory after they ...Full Story »

Norwich coach Dean Smith was more pleased with the result than the performance after watching his side edge past Bristol City 3-2 at Carrow Road.A sixth successive Championship win consolidated the Canaries’ second position in the table, but they made hard work of it after going 2-0 up early on and Smith admitted his side were below their best against what he labelled brave opponents.&ldqu...Full Story »

Erling Haaland struck a late winner against his former club as Manchester City came from behind to snatch a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund.The prolific Norwegian was kept quiet by his old team-mates for much of a cagey Champions League encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday but clinically volleyed in six minutes from time.England international Jude Bellingham had given Dortmund a surprise le...Full Story »

Norwich head coach Dean Smith has no fresh selection concerns ahead of the visit of Bristol City as his side chase a sixth straight Sky Bet Championship win.Republic of Ireland forward Adam Idah had already been ruled out of last week’s trip to Burnley, which was postponed following the death of the Queen, as he needed further exploratory surgery on a knee problem.Midfielder Liam Gibbs (an...Full Story »

Erling Haaland exchanged words with a Manchester United fan who told him he moved to 'the wrong side of Manchester' while out in the streets. The 22-year-old joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in a £51.2 million transfer over the summer and already has 10 goals in six Premier League games. In previous years, United contended for Haaland's signature and came close to sealing ...Full Story »

Erling Haaland spoke to Manuel Akanji about following him to Manchester City this summer, according to Fabrizio Romano in his exclusive CaughtOffside column. The Norway international played alongside the Swiss defender at Borussia Dortmund, and Romano says they spoke about the prospect of a move to the Etihad Stadium towards the end of the summer. Akanji ended up making the late move from Do...Full Story »

A remarkable statistic, comparing the respective goalscoring records of Manchester City star Erling Haaland, and 5-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, has come to the fore on Tuesday evening. Norwegian sensation Haaland , of course, has positioned himself at the forefront of the media headlines once more tonight. This comes owing to the 22-year-old’s latest haul in front o...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has denied he has a problem with Erling Haaland after the Norway striker bagged another two goals on Tuesday night. Haaland was the star of the show for City once again as he helped his team win 4-0 against Sevilla in the Champions League and storm to the top of their group. Following the match, Guardiola was asked by BT Sport reporter Jules Breach to name the...Full Story »

Kevin De Bruyne backed Erling Haaland to get even better after another stunning goalscoring display got Manchester City off to a winning start in the Champions League.Haaland scored another two goals as Premier League winners City powered to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla in their Group G opener at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Tuesday.The Norwegian’s double took his City tally to 12 go...Full Story »

Erling Haaland scored another two goals as Manchester City made a superb start to their latest Champions League quest with a convincing 4-0 win at Sevilla.The prolific Norwegian maintained his stunning start at City – and his own remarkable record in the competition – by putting the visitors ahead at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium and netting their third.Phil Foden and Ruben Dias ...Full Story »

Erling Haaland became only the second player in Premier League history to reach 10 goals in their first six appearances but Manchester City failed to make their dominance count as Leon Bailey secured a much-needed draw for Aston Villa.City’s 22-year-old striker has sparkled since swapping Borussia Dortmund for his father’s former club in the summer and followed back-to-back hat-trick...Full Story »

Head coach Dean Smith felt Norwich were good value for their 3-0 victory over Coventry as his side made it five straight Championship wins which took them to the summit.The Canaries will lose top spot if Sheffield United win at Hull on Sunday but that took none of the gloss off the result for Smith after goals from Teemu Pukki, Josh Sargent and Kieran Dowell.He said: “It’s never easy...Full Story »

Harry Smith is available to make his Exeter debut at home to MK Dons.The 27-year-old striker joined the Grecians from Leyton Orient before the transfer window closed.Rekeem Harper is pushing for a full league debut following his loan switch from Ipswich.Kyle Taylor remains a long-term absentee with a cruciate injury.The Dons are still without Josh McEachran, Mo Eisa and Tennai Watson.Former Chel...Full Story »

Derby will be without midfielder Korey Smith for Saturday’s Sky Bet League One visit of Plymouth.The midfielder has suffered a minor toe injury which should only see him sidelined for a matter of days.Curtis Davies (thigh) is working his way back to fitness but the game also comes too soon for the experienced defender.Fellow centre-back James Chester is unlikely to feature as he steps up h...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland has to the potential to write himself into Manchester City folklore after his incredible assault on the Premier League continued with a second successive hat-trick.The 22-year-old bagged a 26-minute first-half treble to put Nottingham Forest to the sword in a 6-0 win, just four days after doing the same to Crystal Palace.He is now the first player in the Premier...Full Story »

Erling Haaland continued his assault on the Premier League with a second successive hat-trick for Manchester City in the 6-0 win over Nottingham Forest. The 22-year-old bagged a 26-minute first-half treble to put Forest to the sword, just four days after doing the same to Crystal Palace. He is now the first player in the Premier League era to score nine goals in his first five games and sure...Full Story »

Norwich head coach Dean Smith hailed matchwinner Onel Hernandez after his last-gasp goal sealed a 2-1 victory against Birmingham at St Andrew’s to make it four wins in a row for the Canaries.Substitute Hernandez, who spent the second half of last season on loan with Blues, swept home the winner in the third minute of stoppage time to lift Norwich to second place in the Sky Bet Championship...Full Story »