Erling Haaland scored two times on his Premier League debut as Manchester City opened their season with a title defense with a 2-0 win at West Ham. Haaland satisfied the expectations since his exchange from Borussia Dortmund to give the heroes an ideal beginning to the season in East London.
Last season, West Ham almost wrecked City's title chances when they drove 2-0 at half-time in the penultimate round of last season before Pep Guardiola's men struggled back for the point that eventually pushed out Liverpool from the top. Yet, they were no match this time as Haaland promptly demonstrated the worth of City. The Norwegian has been endorsed as the drawn-out replacement to Sergio Aguero and began his City career with a very promising debut.