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– Erling Haaland scored a brace on his Premier League debut as Manchester City beat West Ham United 2-0 at the London Stadium on Sunday.
– Haaland, who has scored his side’s opener for the third season in a row, scored from a penalty in the first half and then a made a well-timed run in the second half for his second goal.
– It was a horror start for substitute goalkeeper Alphonse Areola who replaced Lukasz Fabianski on 29 minutes.
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– He gave away the penalty just six minutes later. Haaland arrived in the box and the goalkeeper mistimed his challenge for the ball, taking out the 22-year-old.
– Haaland stepped up to take the penalty and fired it into the far left of the net, sending Areola the wrong way.
Erling Haaland has scored his first Premier League goal ✅
Inevitable ✨
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— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) August 7, 2022
Off the mark! 🙌
⚒️ 0-1 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/Ix4rmSzJeO
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 7, 2022
– His second goal came from a sublime pass from midfield from Kevin De Bruyne who put the ball in behind the West Ham defence. Haaland ran onto it and slid it across Areola and into the far corner.
.@ErlingHaaland knew as soon as it left his foot… 👀😏 pic.twitter.com/0gpri7zJ3C
— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) August 7, 2022
2️⃣ goals on his @premierleague debut ✅
⚒️ 0-2 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/KQPBdxAtQr
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 7, 2022
The Champions are 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗬 for 2022/23!!! 😎💙 pic.twitter.com/pvV9B6I154
— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) August 7, 2022
FULL-TIME | We begin our @premierleague season with 3️⃣ points! ✅
⚒️ 0-2 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/gVqESTTHJx
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 7, 2022
Erling Haaland inspires Man City to victory with a debut double#WHUMCI pic.twitter.com/71AQTHjEX5
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 7, 2022
