Tonight for Norway, Haaland scored yet another hat-trick. This time, against Kazakhstan.
Granted, he will face much tougher opposition this season – but you can never criticise a player for scoring a hat-trick.
Haaland scored his first goal in the 5-0 victory in minute 23 after Kazakhstani goalie Stas Pokatilov stopped a shot.
Haaland subsequently headed into the far corner in the 37th minute to score his second goal of the match.
Haaland’s most spectacular goal of the evening came at the 71-minute mark, when he completed his hat-trick. On the half-turn, he was passed into feet, turned away from the closest defender, and then fired into the far corner with his weak foot.
This latest hat-trick now means that, incredibly, he has more hat-tricks for club and country than he’s spent years alive.
Fans of rival clubs will no doubt try to diminish Haaland’s exploits tonight due to the level of opposition.
But this was another fantastic display of finishing from the best number nine in the game.
To have scored 25 hat-tricks at this point in his career already is just incredible. There are some strikers who don’t even score 25 goals in their whole careers.
Haaland just makes the art of goalscoring look so easy when in reality, it is the hardest thing to do in football.
That is the mark of a truly extraordinary player, and City fans will just hope he sticks around at the Etihad Stadium for as long as possible.
It’s been reported that City are trying to pay Haaland £500,000 per week and extend his contract, and hopefully, an agreement will soon be reached.