Rio Ferdinand lauds 'sniffer dog' Erling Haaland for rapid Man City start

Erling Haaland continues to keep up his excellent scoring record at Manchester City.

The Norwegian netted twice in City's 4-0 rout of Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday. That took his tally to 12 goals in just seven games so far since his big money switch from Borussia Dortmund.

The 22-year-old continues to enhance his reputation as one of Europe's deadliest strikers and former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says the big forward has a sixth sense when it comes to finding goalscoring chances. "You can’t be lucky every time and he obviously has a natural instinct of where the ball is going to be," Ferdinand said on BT Sport .

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"You look at the positions of (Kevin) De Bruyne, he knows the positions he needs to be in, but in front of goal he has that ability to be in the right place at the right time.

"He is like a sniffer dog to an opportunity, he just is always there for an opportunity of where the ball may drop. He’s onside, he looks at his team-mates, their motions, their habits and he has picked it up so quickly in a Manchester City shirt."

Ferdinand has also suggested that Haaland will be desperate to get as many goals this season after missing out on the World Cup. Norway failed to qualify for the first-ever winter edition.

Ferdinand added: "He is not going to the World Cup, so he is going to be rested and surely he will believe that he wants to play more minutes and will have the best opportunity of getting more goals and give him the best opportunity of reaching those numbers in the Premier League and in the other competitions."

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