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Split-second Erling Haaland decision shows he is ready to take next step at Man City

If it was a 'What Happened Next?' teaser on A Question of Sport, the guessing team would have probably lost a point.

Erling Haaland was through on goal, with only the goalkeeper to beat and a couple of defenders trying to make up ground. With the goalkeeper rushing out, Haaland took a step to his left and looked to have a shot on between defender and 'keeper.

On countless occasions this season, Haaland has shot - and probably scored - a chance like that. You'd put your money on him scoring, especially after spurning a similar chance minutes earlier. Here, though, he passed to an unmarked Phil Foden, who converted to put Manchester City ahead at Brighton on Wednesday.

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It was a welcome first goal in five for Foden, but perhaps more significantly it represented an evolution of Haaland's forward play. An acceptance that maybe he doesn't have to do it all himself.

With 52 goals to his name this season, Haaland is starting to give back to his teammates. In his last 13 outings, Haaland has 4 assists, almost doubling his tally from the previous 38 appearances. Overall, Haaland has nine assists for the season, with eight coming in the Premier League, and his 44 overall goal contributions are a joint-record high in a 38-game Premier League season along with Thierry Henry in 2002/03.

Pep Guardiola has challenged Haaland's all-round game to improve over the course of the season, and Haaland himself has insisted that he can add more to his game. The Bayern Munich and Arsenal games in April were examples of how effective the striker can be coming deep to drag a defender out of position and allow a teammate to run into

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