If Haaland’s excellence was predictable, Cherki represented the major positive of City’s afternoon. His maiden Premier League campaign has been interrupted by injury but the Frenchman chalked up 20 assists for Lyon last season. He had two in the first half against Bournemouth and, for good measure, almost scored with a free kick.

It looks like a Champions League match against his former team, Borussia Dortmund, wasn't the only game Erling Haaland was playing this week. While he was busy scoring goals for Manchester City, he did take some time out of his busy schedule to go to a local shop to buy some of the new 2025-26 Topps Premier League.

Manchester City star Erling Haaland has this week moved to shut down chatter likening him to Barcelona and Real Madrid legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.This comes amid what has been nothing

Two of the most valuable feet on the planet are burning. It’s a stifling mid-June afternoon and Erling Haaland, the superstar Manchester City striker from Norway who looks like Thor but sometimes celebrates goals by meditating in the lotus pose, is ...