Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland agree on Man City plan for new striker

Manchester City must take advantage of Erling Haaland's emphatic debut by continuing to build inter-squad relationships with the striker.

That is the view of defender Ruben Dias, who was named in the starting XI with Haaland at West Ham for City at the weekend. After a strong start from the hosts, City established their dominance, with two goals from Haaland securing the first three points of the season at a stadium where they have struggled in recent visits.

Haaland showed his clinical nature in winning a penalty before converting it cooly, and then timing his run to perfection from Kevin De Bruyne's pass and slotting under the goalkeeper to kill the game. Now, Dias has told his teammates to build on Haaland's debut by working with him on the training pitch and in games.

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“We are in the process of getting to know him and him getting to know us," Dias said.

"The games will allow to speed up the process. I'm very happy for him for having scored the two goals in his first Premier League game. It's going to be great for his confidence as well and for the team, because we know what he can give us."

Pep Guardiola spoke after the game of how City want to make Haaland a better player, and how there are still plenty of areas for him to improve - as well as how his performance showed the areas he will make the Blues better.

Dias feels that working on those areas, and showing them in-game settings in the coming weeks, is the only way to proceed, rather than thinking anything has been won after just one game, or that the Blues' long-standing striker problems have been instantly solved.

He continued: "We saw the sort of help Haaland can bring to