Erling Haaland makes Man City giddy and threatens Premier League reputation

It cannot be long before the Premier League open an investigation into Erling Haaland.

This is the toughest competition in the world, a fiercely intense test of body and mind that brings the very best from all other leagues crashing down to earth when they encounter it. Even somebody with as much genius as Pep Guardiola had to go through humblings at Leicester and Everton and spend hundreds of millions of pounds before he was able to get the success that he craved.

Not Haaland. That miss in the Community Shield feels like a lifetime ago and talk of him having to adapt to Guardiola's demands or cope with a so-called Bundesliga Tax even more ancient.

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A second-half hat-trick against Crystal Palace on Saturday was followed up by a first-half hat-trick against Nottingham Forest, ruthlessly killing the hopes of the newly-promoted side and in the process becoming the first player in Premier League history to register nine goals in their first five appearances. Sergio Aguero, City's club record scorer and the man the Norwegian has been signed to replace, was previously the joint holder of that record.

An evening that was intended to be the first proper look at Julian Alvarez, another young man with a bright Blue future, was instead hijacked by Haaland as every moment, opposition player, and match is in danger of being if he can maintain this superhuman level. Currently, he is outscoring 15 Premier League teams.

If Forest could pat themselves on the back that it took the 22-year-old 12 minutes to touch the ball despite the early dominance of the hosts, his first touch ended up in the back of the net. Phil Foden swung a short ball from a corner