Erling Haaland was once again decisive for Norway to continue shooting in the Nations League. The new Manchester City striker led, now in Oslo, another win against neighboring Sweden, for whom he has scored four goals in two games.
This Sunday he scored a brace and distributed an assist in his twenty-first game as an international. The player born in Leeds -where his father was playing at the time- 21 years ago, is already scoring almost a goal per game. In total he has scored 20 goals.
Since joining the Stale Solbakken outfit, the Norwegian team has become a team to be reckoned with. This is the case of this Nations League, where it points to fast-track promotion to League A, the first division. With the victory against Sweden (3-2), the Norwegian hour of merit is summed up in a draw and three wins. The former Borussia Dortmund player has a lot to do with it, a great claim for the Premier starting next year.
After ten minutes Norway opened the scoring with a header from Haaland after a cross from the left by Fredrik Bjorkan. Solbakken’s team didn’t stretch their lead on the scoreboard until the second half. A foul by goalkeeper Robin Olsen on Real Sociedad striker Alexander Sorloth, who also shone, was a penalty that the City footballer converted.
Sweden closed the gap on the hour mark with a great shot from Leipzig player Emil Forsberg after receiving a ball from Dejan Kulusevski. But Sorloth sentenced the clash, in the 77th minute.
Erling Haaland is a guarantee, essential to establish the dominance of his team in the tournament. The former Dortmund player who gave the Norwegian victory on the first day, against Serbia (1-0) and also the following, in Solna against Sweden, to which he already scored a double (2-1), does not fail. There were no goals in the match against Slovenia (0-0). Five goals in four games are recorded by the Norwegian star who leads Group 4 with solvency.
