Erling Haaland capped a golden week by completing a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City extended their 100% start to the Premier League season with a win over Fulham.
2023/2024 Premier League
5-1
On Tuesday, Haaland was named PFA Player of the Year. On Thursday, he got a similar award from Uefa.
Here, he was back doing what he does best - putting the ball into the net, as he took his tally to six for the campaign.
Haaland had set up the opener for Julian Alvarez - and with the score at 2-1 going into the second half, the favour was returned, as the Argentine sent him charging into the box with a fine first-time pass for City's third.
The Norwegian then kept his nerve to score City's fourth from the penalty spot after Issa Diop had fouled Alvarez.
Haaland had already been named man of the match when he applied the superb first-time finish to Sergio Gomez's cut-back to claim yet another match ball.
Fulham would argue the pivotal moment in the game came just before the break, after Tim Ream had equalised within a minute of Alvarez's opener on the half hour.
Video assistant referee Tony Harrington ruled an offside Manuel Akanji was not interfering with play as Nathan Ake's 10-yard header bounced past him, even though the Swiss made a play for the ball.
Match Events
18' Sub! Harris replaces Cairney
31' GOAL! Man City 1-0 Fulham (Julián Álvarez)
33' GOAL! Man City 1-1 Fulham (Tim Ream)
48' Yellow Card! Antonee Robinson booked
50' GOAL! Man City 2-1 Fulham (Ake)
58' GOAL! Man City 3-1 Fulham (Haaland)
61' ClOSE! Harris’s shot saved by Ederson!
65' CLOSE! Alvarez’s shot wide out
70' Penalty Goal! Man City 4-1 Fulham (Haaland)
95' GOAL! Man City 5-1 Fulham (Haaland)
Line-ups
Man City XI: Walker, Kovacic, Ake, Ederson, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Rodri, Haaland, Foden, Julián Álvarez, Jérémy Doku
Subs: Carson, Stefan Ortega, Bernardo, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gómez, Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis
Fulham XI: Tom Cairney, Leno, Tim Ream, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jimenez, Tete, Pereira, Harrison Reed, Harry Wilson, Diop, Antonee Robinson
Subs: Willian, Traore, Castagne, Marek Rodak, Carlos Vinícius, Calvin Bassey, Tyrese Francois, Rodrigo Muniz, Luke Harris