Erling Haaland continued his irrepressible form as Manchester City took a significant step towards the Champions League knockout stages with an emphatic 5-0 victory over FC Copenhagen.

The Norwegian hitman opened the scoring with a sweet first-time finish on seven minutes before doubling the home side’s advantage with a simple tap-in just past the half hour.

It’s fair to assume Southampton’s defenders may well be quaking in their boots at the prospect of facing the 22-year-old Norway international in the Premier League at the weekend.

Indeed, we are already running out of superlatives to describe his impact and exploits. Haaland needed just 45 minutes to make his mark here, taking his tally to 19 goals in just 12 matches since joining the Citizens.
His brace also took him to a total of 28 goals in just 22 Champions League games for Salzburg, Dortmund and City.

It was surely only the intervention of Guardiola and his decision to rest the No. 9 for the second half that prevented him from notching up another hat-trick and the forward looks more and more like being the missing piece in the jigsaw that could see the Citizens finally break their Champions League hoodoo come the end of the season.