City boss Pep Guardiola took a threat on Wednesday evening by resting Ilkay Gundogan and Ederson towards West Ham, presumably with a frightening run of fixtures in thoughts. Removing Haaland from the beginning XI could be a special ball recreation, nevertheless, and the Norwegian as soon as once more proved that he's invaluable to the Sky Blues by discovering the web.

His well-taken chip over Lukasz Fabianski made it 35 Premier League targets this season, placing him forward of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer because the all-time report holder. Phil Foden and Nathan Ake had been additionally amongst the targets in a 3-0 win, and Haaland was given a guard of honour by his team-mates after the ultimate whistle as a mark of respect for his unbelievable accomplishment.

As if the truth that he's 22 years previous and nonetheless bedding into English soccer is not scary sufficient, Neville issued one other warning to City's Premier League rivals by strongly suggesting that there might be extra to return.

After Haaland's purpose made it 2-0 on the evening, Neville informed Sky Sports: "He scores more goals than he has touches. We've barely seen him for half an hour, his team-mates ignore most of his runs. If they didn't do that then he really would be dangerous."

The striker's artistic associate in crime, Kevin De Bruyne, watched on from the group on Wednesday as he continues to get well from a knock. The Belgian ought to be again in motion over the approaching days, nevertheless, with Leeds United subsequent up on Saturday and a showdown towards Real Madrid scheduled for subsequent week.

City will want Haaland at his rampant finest if they're to match bitter rivals Manchester United's well-known 1999 treble this season. Guardiola's facet have already made it to the FA Cup ultimate, they're within the Champions League semis and Arsenal's current slip-ups imply they're heavy favourites for the league title too.

Speaking after the sport, Guardiola was stuffed with reward for the previous Borussia Dortmund marksman, who set City again what now appears a measly £51million final summer time. "Incredible," he informed BBC Sport. "He's just 22 - and still has five games left.

"How many video games did I take him off after a hat-trick in 60 minutes? Maybe he'd have scored extra. But perhaps he'd have gotten injured. He's particular. Congratulations to him.

"We expected him to score goals but to break Cole and Shearer's records... I'm pretty sure what he wants is to win the Premier League. We have one game in hand but still just one point in front. We have to keep going and recover well."