Pep Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne have heaped praise on Manchester City striker Erling Haaland.
The 22 year-old continued his remarkable goalscoring spree with a further two goals against Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.
Haaland scored twice during his Champions League debut for Manchester City in midweek, taking his total to 12 goals for the Sky Blues already this season.
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The Norwegian once again pounced on a Kevin De Bruyne cross, similar to Saturday's Premier League goal against Aston Villa.
In the second-half, Haaland reacted quickest to Sevilla goalkeeper Bono's parry, as the City striker scored his second of the night.
Phil Foden and Ruben Dias were also on the scoresheet in the second-half, as City began their latest Champions League campaign with a 4-0 victory at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.
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Post-match, both Pep Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne praised the impact of Haaland, as City won their fifth match of the season.
After the match, De Bruyne said: "I try to do my job and make the right movements and create the most chances I can. I know one way or another Erling will be there. At the moment he’s scoring the goals.
"For him it’s a perfect start. I think the way he has adapted to us is really good but obviously, outside of the goal scoring there’s another part of the game and that is more tough to adapt to.
"It makes it exciting if he can adapt to see the outcome. If you score that much you can get away with things. If he keeps on scoring then we know it's a positive for us."
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De Bruyne has linked up superbly with Haaland in recent weeks, with the Belgian topping the Premier League assists charts with four assists.
City manager Pep Guardiola was also full of praise for the 22 year-old forward.
"I think his numbers in all his career, even in previous teams, is quite similar," said the City manager.
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"He has an incredible sense of goal. We have incredible numbers in terms of goals and we need to continue like that. Another battle against Tottenham and hopefully we can continue."
City welcome Spurs to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, looking to bounce back from last weekend's frustrating 1-1 draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League.
The Sky Blues would go top with a victory, as the English top-flights two remaining unbeaten teams meet at the weekend.
City have a poor recent record against the North London side, losing twice to Spurs last season.
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Next Wednesday, Haaland faces his former club Borussia Dortmund, as the Blues also continue their Champions League Group Stage campaign.
Topics: Manchester City, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Pep Guardiola, Champions League
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