Man City vs. Nottingham Forest result, highlights & analysis as Haaland plunders another hat-trick in six-goal rout

 

Erling Haaland continued his thrilling run in the Premier League as he scored a hat-trick in Manchester City's 6-0 win over Nottingham Forest.

Haaland scored a thrilling hat-trick as City came from 2-0 down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at the weekend, but he made sure it was another direct link between his left foot, right foot and inside his head. 38 minute hat trick.

The 22-year-old has scored nine goals in his first five games in the Premier League, a new tournament record, overtaking the eight goals scored by Mickey Quinn and City's all-time top scorer Sergio Aguero.

Argentinian striker Julian Alvarez made his debut for City, scoring twice in the second half after Joao Canelo's superb fourth goal in the 50th minute.

TALKING POINT - NOTTINGHAM FOREST DEALT HARSH REALITY

          If Nottingham Forest didn't know how hard the Premier League was this season, they do now. Steve Cooper's side faced a tough lesson tonight against a team that demonstrated their clinical nature in front of goal. City captured 77 percent in the first half alone.

Forrest's game plan was clearly to sit back and frustrate City, but this only lasted 12 minutes, as the home team showed how smart they were on the ball. With City's recent setback against Newcastle, Pep Guardiola's side are back in force, scoring 10 goals in their last two league games.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH - ERLING HAALAND

What to say about this man? City's hat-trick in one-on-one Premier League matches has raised the league tally to nine with their new team, and we're still in August!

All of his finishes once again showed how powerful he is inside the six-yard area, as three of his four shots during the match were scored. Overall, Haaland won a successful tackle as well as an aerial duel. If he stays fit, the 22-year-old could break the 30-goal barrier for City in the league this season.

Man City vs. Nottingham Forest final score

	1H	2H	Final
MCI	3	3	6
NOT	0	0	0

Goals:

MCI — Erling Haaland (Phil Foden) — 12th min.

MCI — Erling Haaland (Phil Foden) — 23rd min.

MCI — Erling Haaland (Phil Foden, John Stones) — 38th min.

MCI — Joao Cancelo (Bernardo Silva) — 50th min.

MCI — Julian Alvarez (Riyad Mahrez) — 65th min.

MCI - Julian Alvarez — 87th min. 

Phil Foden scored Holland's first goal against Palace and the pair once again climbed up a mountain to climb in the 12th minute. The England striker sent a powerful ball down the left flank that the Netherlands curled home after working his way around captain Joe Worrall.

Brennan Johnson headed Forest's best chance of the night into the side netting after five minutes and the match had already started at the end of the first half when Dean Henderson headed straight for Bernardo Silva and Foden headed straight for Haaland for an intervention. .

The Etihad Stadium erupted for another hat-trick from its new champions when Cancelo’s booted pass found Foden. He pointed to John Stones, who nodded on target to let a greedy Holland do the rest.

Cancelo must have scored tonight when Forest gave him enough time and space to find the top corner on the end of Silva's pass.

Alvarez was impressed with Holland’s play all evening and was alert to pounce with a minute long finish by Henderson at the end of a typically marathon period for City possession.

As if to show that there was now more than one player looking to emulate Aguero’s feat in sky blue, Alvarez substituted Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez three minutes from time to set up a counter-attack for Forest Sakai.of the trap after killing the other in the ceiling. is .

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest: Haaland hat trick leads rout

The Netherlands scored a perfect hat-trick (his second in the last four days) in the first 38 minutes to set a new Premier League record for most goals by a player in his first five matches in the competition.

Joao Cancelo scored a superb goal and then Julian Alvarez scored his first two Premier League goals in the second half to add some well-deserved shine to the score.

City now have 13 points out of a possible 15 to start the season undefeated, while Forrest has lost three of his first five games and has four points.

What we learned from Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Haaland is not human: We all knew he was going to be brilliant and, on paper, he was exactly the striker City needed to finish off the boatload of chances they create every game. But nobody thought he would be this good, right? Back-to-back hat tricks is insane and so is Haaland. He has set a new PL record with nine goals in his first five games and he could have scored more. He is only 22 years old and he is set to play with Phil Foden for the next five years (at least). That is a scary thought for the rest of the Premier League. Yes, there will be tougher tests than Crystal Palace and Forest, but Haaland is doing exactly what is being asked of him.

Forest continue to struggle with fluidity: With so many new players coming in and out of the team, it was always going to be tough for Forest to find their rhythm early in the season. But even away at Man City, this was bleak. At a period in the first half they had just three percent of possession over a five minute period. Three. Steve Cooper knows his team won’t be judged by their performances in games like this. But the face that Forest were so far off it will concern him.

Alvarez is quietly settling in very well: He scored two beauties for his first goals in the Premier League and Alvarez is settling in very well. Given all of the fuss around Haaland, the Argentine has been allowed to just do his thing and he is doing it well. After jumping off the bench to have a big impact in recent games he got his first start and he showed Guardiola he is ready to get plenty more on the right side of the attack, as he cut inside to link up so well with Haaland.