Nations League: Ronaldo leads rout of Switzerland, Haaland sinks Sweden

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal swept to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Switzerland in the Nations League, while new Manchester City signing Erling Haaland also scored twice as Norway beat Sweden 2-1.

William Carvalho and João Cancelo were also on the scoresheet as hosts Portugal wasted numerous opportunities to inflict more humiliation on the visitors, who suffered their biggest defeat since losing to Germany by the same scoreline in 2008.

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Portugal have four points from their opening two Group A2 matches and are ahead of second-place Czech Republic on goal difference. Switzerland are on zero after back-to-back losses and are now winless in their last four encounters since they qualified for the World Cup in Qatar.

Carvalho opened the scoring when he reacted quickest to the loose ball when Ronaldo’s free-kick was parried, before the latter bagged a quickfire brace to extend his record tally of international goals to 117. Ronaldo should have had a hat-trick when he wasted two excellent opportunities before half-time, the first a barely believable miss from six yards, but it was left to Cancelo to score the fourth for Portugal in the second half.

Elsewhere in Group A2, a late goal from defender Iñigo Martínez rescued a 2-2 draw for Spain against Czech Republic. Sparta Prague forward Jakub Pesek scored from close range in the fourth minute, connecting with a pass from Jan Kuchta who got in behind Spain’s defence.

The visitors equalised on the strike of half-time when Spain midfielder Gavi beat Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik with a shot to the far post. However, the Czechs retook the lead in the 66th minute when forward Jan Kuchta