Erling Haaland: Twitter thread reveals Man City star's unreal football IQ

Erling Braut Haaland is an extraordinary goalscorer.

Ever since the Norwegian phenomenon truly started his goalscoring rampage with 29 goals in just 27 games for Red Bull Salzburg, nobody has been able to stop him from producing truly head-spinning tallies.

From Austria, Haaland then proceeded to tear up the Bundesliga as he amassed no less than 86 strikes across 86 appearances for Borussia Dortmund.

Marry that to his sensational record of 20 goals in 21 caps for the Norwegian senior team and Manchester City were given all the evidence they needed to know that Haaland was well and truly the real deal.

Besides, you know you’re one of the most fearsome finishers in the land when you’re scoring pretty much a goal every single game.

And despite the odd doubting cry from naysayers when Haaland took the next big step in his career by moving to the Etihad Stadium, it’s hardly taken him more than a few weeks to prove his haters wrong.

That’s because the 22-year-old is at it once again with a staggering record of six goals in five games for Manchester City.

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Having opened his Premier League account with a ruthless brace at West Ham United, the City’s new goalscorer in chief snatched a goal at Newcastle United and then plundered a hat-trick against Crystal Palace.

Such is the extent of Haaland’s early goalscoring spree, in fact, that the Telegraph reported this week tthat some rival Premier League managers have been calling one another to discuss how to actually stop him.

They’re said to be “startled by his physical and technical attributes,” with one unnamed coach quoted as saying that he’s “like an alien …