Erling Haaland irresistible as Manchester City roll over Villarreal

Villarreal were just the latest in a long, long list of Erling Braut Haaland’s victims, a 12th consecutive game clocked up with the Norwegian scoring. It was only one, which is not many for a man on 24 in his past 14 matches for club and country, but his early strike opened the way towards a win sufficiently dominant to suggest that a team is emerging once again. “We have the feeling that again we can control the games … that in many things you are coming back to what you were in the past,” Pep Guardiola said.If Haaland is inevitable, he is not alone. Bernardo Silva added the second towards the end of a first half of notable superiority before there were brief moments in which Manchester City allowed their hosts the illusion of making a game of this when it was gone. When Haaland was withdrawn with five minutes left, there were whistles and relief; he had just fired two more shots at them, each saved by Villarreal goalkeeper Luiz Júnior, but now at least he could do no more damage. He had already done enough. Continue reading...

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