Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was in a playful mood after Erling Haaland’s brace fired his team to a 2-0 victory over Everton on Saturday -- joking that he was “disappointed” his star striker didn’t score more goals.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland kept up his torrid scoring pace with two goals in five second-half minutes on Saturday to lift City provisionally top of the table with a 2-0 Premier League victory over Everton. Manchester City's Erling Haaland kept up his torrid scoring pace with two goals in five second-half minutes on Saturday to lift City provisionally top of the table with a 2-0 Premier League victory over Everton.

Norway, who have not played at a major tournament since Euro 2000, now lead Group I with nine points more than second-placed Italy, who have two games in hand and play in Estonia later Saturday.

Erling Haaland extended his blistering start to the season as the Manchester City striker sealed a 1-0 win at Brentford on Sunday.

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has laughed off reports linking Erling Haaland with a move to Barcelona, insisting the striker is “not stupid enough” to consider leaving the English giants after committing to a long-term deal.

Haaland scored both the visitors' goals at the Stade Louis II to take his tally for the season to 17 in just 10 appearances for club and country.

Eric Dier's late penalty handed Monaco a 2-2 draw with Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday as an Erling Haaland double was not enough to give Pep Guardiola's side the victory.

Haaland has scored in four straight league games as City bounced back from back-to-back losses to Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion with a 3-0 win over Manchester United and a draw at Arsenal before thrashing Burnley.

Harry Kane has made a habit of rewriting record books since joining Bayern Munich, and the English striker now stands on the brink of eclipsing one set by Cristiano Ronaldo over a decade ago.

Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva has slammed football's schedule makers for lacking respect and fairness after his side were given little time to prepare for their clash with Arsenal.

Gabriel Martinelli's last-gasp equaliser gave Arsenal a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday, cancelling out Erling Haaland's early goal to give the Gunners a barely-deserved point.

Haaland became the quickest player in Champions League history to hit 50 goals in what was his 49th appearance in Europe's elite competition.

Pep Guardiola acknowledged that Manchester City are not considered among the favourites to win the Champions League ahead of their opening game against Napoli on Thursday.

Erling Haaland capped a remarkable week with two goals in Manchester City's 3-0 drubbing of Manchester United on Sunday but the sight of Phil Foden opening the scoring was perhaps the most significant aspect of the derby win.

Manchester City's goal-scoring machine Erling Haaland struck twice in a 3-0 Premier League thrashing of Manchester United on Sunday, giving Pep Guardiola's side bragging rights in the latest edition of the derby.

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is "a little bit above" Alexander Isak as the Manchester City boss responded to Arne Slot's claim that Liverpool's new signing was "maybe the best striker in the world".

With five games played, the Norwegians top Group I on 15 points, six ahead of second-placed Italy, who have a game in hand.

Manchester City blew the lead on Sunday in a shock 2-1 defeat at Brighton that extended their troubled start to the Premier League season.

The several thousand Manchester City fans who travelled to Molineux on Saturday sang "City are back" as Pep Guardiola's men kicked off their season with a thorough 4-0 Premier League thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Manchester City signalled their intent to take back the Premier League title as Erling Haaland struck twice in a 4-0 win at Wolves on Saturday to begin their campaign.