Pep Guardiola has admitted Erling Haaland's phenomenal goalscoring feats at Manchester City have taken him by surprise.

The former Borussia Dortmund striker leveled the scoring just before the 20th minute after a deflected Kevin De Bruyne pass found him in front of the Brentford net. Haaland turned onto his weaker right foot to smash home a shot past Mark Flekken.

A heartfelt gesture from the Manchester City first-team was presented to the Erling Haaland family during the weekend’s meeting with Brentford at the Etihad Stadium.The contest followed a hugely

Yoane Wissa scored for Brentford after only 22 seconds — the fastest goal any defending champion has conceded in Premier League history — but Erling Haaland (of course) turned the game in City’s favour with two first-half goals to take his seasonal total to nine.

Former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes you can never write Manchester City striker Erling Haaland off, because he "will make it happen". Haaland did not manage a shot on target against Arsenal last season but Fabregas told the Planet Premier League podcast,

Cesc Fabregas has backed Arsenal to secure an important victory over Premier League title rivals Manchester City this weekend, with the former Gunners ace predicting a 2-1 away win for the North London giants.