Pep Guardiola was about red-hot Manchester City forward Erling Haaland after the Norwegian returned to the Premier League to bag a brace against Everton on Saturday.

His answer was of course to praise Haaland, who has 11 goals in eight Premier League games, but Guardiola issued a rebuke of his other forwards’ finishing skills amid jokes about Haaland not scoring five goals against the Toffees.

Haaland scored a hat trick on international duty for Norway versus Israel this week, and added two more goals to his haul as he continues his race to become the fastest Premier League player to 100 goals.

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He scored with his head and left peg on Saturday as Man City and their star striker labored a bit before bagging quickfire goals around the

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