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Baby time keeps Haaland sharp with 18th strike
The Straits Times
|October 07, 2025
Erling Haaland said the secret of his blistering start to the season is being able to relax with his baby son, after the Manchester City star extended his hot streak in the 1-0 win at Brentford.
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He struck with a typically predatory finish in the ninth minute on Oct 5 and City survived a second-half dip to climb into fifth place in the English Premier League.
The Norway striker has netted in nine consecutive appearances for club and country the longest scoring run of his career.
Haaland already has 12 goals in nine appearances in all competitions this season, plus six in two matches for Norway, with Tottenham Hotspur the only team to stop him scoring in the current campaign.
Said City boss Pep Guardiola: “He has been so important this season for us. We need more goals from the other ones but the chances were there.”
The 25-year-old believes he is in the best shape, both mentally and physically, of his prolific three-year spell at City.
And he puts that down to the birth of his first child in December.
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