Within 36 minutes of his Premier League debut, Erling Haaland swept one West Ham goalkeeper and won a penalty from the second. .
At that point, Darren Randolph, named by the ever-watchful David Moyes as the second substitute goalkeeper, was trembling at theHammers. On the bench,Manchester City's Norwegian goal machine had in store for him.
That didn't come to pass, but after winning a first-half penalty himself,Haaland overtook Alphonse Areola, who replaced Lukasz Fabianski, to make a clinical run. added a second - injured in an accidental collision with a 6-foot-5 center forward.
Perhaps in this era of nine subscribers in the Premier League, All opposition managers would opt for Moyes' belt-and-brace approach to combat the threat Haaland.
Haaland, who won from Borussia Dortmund for his £51million, was substituted after 12 minutes after missing his chance with a glorious header of his trick in his hat debut, but was ahead. Weekend Difficult Community Shield.
Pep his Guardiola champion achieved his third straight and his fifth straight in six seasons, being the only true title his rival Liverpool He already has a two-point lead.
This was often a contest similar to his drill of offensive versus defensive training. City patiently held possession while West Ham sat back and showed little ambition.
London Stadium has long been a City fan save for some of his fans taunting Roy his Keane (here as a Sky critic) in a song about Erling's father Alfie. It was in the stillness of the tumbleweed.
Kean was notorious for intentionally fouling in his Manchester derby, injuring Haaland's knee ligaments.
Haaland his senior was also at the London Stadium as were the attackers. Had they met, it would have been a more frenetic scrap than an actual football match.
For Haaland Jr., this was the beginning of a carefully planned journey from his native Norway to Austria, Borussia Dortmund and finally to becoming Premier League champions. Entered the elite phase of his career trajectory.
And it's a completely passable start, suggesting that Guardiola's men won't take long to adjust to his No. 9 presence in place.
City's last title win was here in May when he was held off 2-2, despite his four additions in the summer. There were no new additions to Moyes' starting line-up.
Italian centre-back Gianluca His schamacca was seen only as worthy of the bench, and Max, who recently joined West from Burnley in his ham, had his cornette in front of the crowd before the game. was introduced to
West Ham were passable in his first five minutes.
Joan Cancelo - Raheem seized his Sterling number 7 shirt in recognition of his status as a playmaking full-back - took his own penalty across his area to Hollywood I tried to play his pass and invited pressure.
The Hammers forced a corner kick from which Ruben Diaz turned a blind eye to keeper Ederson and City cleared. Pablo Fornals then headed in the middle and Michael Antonio headed in.
But then City settled into a long, slow keep his ball his session, and the majority inside the London stadium seemed to slowly fall asleep in the drowsy heat. I saw.
City often do this on the away ground, but it is especially noticeable at the London stadium, which is not football his ground, which lends itself to this kind of disconnection.
Haaland scored for the first time in his 21st minute when Phil failed to fully match with a header from his Foden cross.
Shortly after, Haaland collided with Fabianski, who was chasing the ball behind his Hammers defense.
Paul continued to play for several minutes - during which De Bruyne's shot was ruled out for offside against Ilkei Gundogan - he was replaced by Areola. }
Gundogan then slipped through the pass and he passed to Haaland.
Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and Harland calmly misled the Frenchman.
Community Penalties were the perfect way to take it easy on yourself after it became widely publicized that Harland had missed the sitter during his shield.
City were enjoying 84 at this point. Possession rate.
Eight minutes into his restart, Declan Rice bursts into flames after Nathan Ake lazily loses possession, Diaz clears the path of his West ham skipper did.
Moyes then sent for Antonio he sent Scamacca, and for Lanzini Said Benrahma.
After some brilliant collaboration between Foden and De Bruyne, De Bruyne threw in a cross that Haaland missed, but Gundogan followed suit with a shot.
With Ederson's regular save after Benrahma forced the first save of the match, Haaland really announced himself.
Ake started moving on the edge of his City box, and finding De Bruyne he fed Rodri.
The visionary Belgian played a brilliant straight pass, completely bisected his ham to the West and Haaland dived into it and scored with his left foot. rice field.
It was a simplistic goal of bliss, aided and accomplished by his two masters of their respective arts.
Haaland shot a wayward header near his post after Jack Grealish had better footwork, but was replaced by Julian Alvarez instead.
However, we knew full well that City would be even stronger this season. God help the rest of them.