Erling Haaland shows how he will solve Man City issues with recent Norway goals

On Monday morning Erling Haaland was officially unveiled as a Manchester City player, rubber-stamping one of the most eagerly anticipated transfers in both Premier League and club history.

City and Pep Guardiola have been looking to sign an elite striker for two years now, after failed attempts to sign Lionel Messi, Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo. After activating the £51m release clause in Haaland's Borussia Dortmund contract last month, City now finally have their man.

Since arriving at Red Bull Salzburg in 2019 Haaland has established himself as one of the most ruthless goal-scorers in world football; he scored 115 goals in 116 club games for Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund, while scoring a further 20 in 21 outings for his country, Norway.

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City clearly have no trouble scoring goals; their tally of 99 goals last season was the best in the Premier League, five more than Liverpool, a side many regard as being more clinical in front of goal.

However, what Haaland's two most recent goals show - a brace in Norway's 3-2 win against Sweden in the UEFA Nations League this week - is that he will improve the two weakest areas of City's attack.

The first of his goals was a brilliant header into the bottom corner. Loitering around the edge of the six-yard box, Haaland was a good two yards behind the closest defender when his teammate delivered a shallow in-swinging cross from the left flank.

Yet Haaland beat his marker to the ball with a combination of intelligent movement, timing and sheer hunger to win the ball. While City do score headers from time to time, they usually involve the likes of Aymeric Laporte or Rodri getting on the end