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Praising Erling Haaland 'routine' - Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said praising new striker Erling Haaland has become part of his "routine" after the Norwegian striker continued his rich vein of form in the Champions League.

Haaland took his tally to 12 goals in eight games across competitions for City with a brace in the 4-0 Group G win at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Tuesday.

At 22 years and 47 days, Haaland is the youngest player to score 25 goals in the Champions League, breaking Kylian Mbappe's previous record. The Norwegian is also the fastest to reach the landmark, achieving it in 20 matches.

"I love this routine, but it's been a routine in every single press conference after the game, asking me about him and his goals. Hopefully he can continue this routine, but the numbers speak for themselves," Guardiola told reporters.

"It's not just two goals, he's always just there and always with the feeling that he would score more goals."

Guardiola praised Haaland’s awareness, saying the former Borussia Dortmund striker had an "incredible sense" of where the goal was.

He said: “I think his numbers in all his career – not just here, when he was in previous teams – is quite similar. He has an incredible sense of goal.

“He scored two in the centre and had [the chances] for two or three more. We have incredible numbers scoring goals and [we want] to continue like that.

“We have another battle against Tottenham [in the Premier League] on Saturday and hopefully he can continue scoring goals.”

SEVILLA RATINGS: Bono – 4. Never stood a chance for the goals, made some important saves to limit Manchester City to just four with their dominance. AFP

City captain Kevin de Bruyne fired an ominous warning to rivals by predicting that Haaland can only get better the

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