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Fans couldn't help but laugh at Erling Haaland's post-match interview following Manchester City's 2-0 win over West Ham on Sunday.

Haaland won a penalty on his Premier League debut after being brought down by Alphonse Areola in the box. He said: 'You've seen the Liverpool result tonight? Now it's almost 30 minutes since I scored the last goal so I have to keep going.' The interviewer could heard saying 'okay', before asking one final question. 'I could have walked away with the hat-trick, it's a bit s*** but that's how it is. it's still early in the season. We have to keep going. 'It's good to get minutes in the legs. However, it was Haaland's post-match interview that left fans in stitches. It was a good start. with subbed striker not happy to miss out on hat-trick The 22-year-old starlet scored twice on his Premier League debut to silence his critics after being scrutinised for his performance in the Community Shield last weekend.

Erling Haaland bagged a brace on his Premier League debut to inspire City to a 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the London Stadium.

View the gallery below for the best pictures from a superb victory. City remained professional to secure the three points, kicking off our defence of the title in perfect fashion! Pep Guardiola's men began our defence of the Premier League in confident fashion, dominating possession in the capital.

Erling Haaland won and scored a first-half penalty on his Premier League debut for Man City away to West Ham.

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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland enjoyed the perfect Premier League debut as he scored twice to hand the champions a 2-0 victory over West Ham at the ...

“I think it will help that the deal was done a few months ago,” he explained. "I was fortunate to be with Messi - when he wants two he wants three, he wants four, five. “It was a big moment for me [first goal]. My debut in this competition, we have to keep going. So it was a but s*** but that’s how it is.” The passes will come, it should’ve been more today but a good start.” We have to keep going, we saw the potential against Bayern, against Liverpool I was a little but down, but it will come.

Erling Haaland didn't take any time adjusting to life in the Premier league, notching a brace against West Ham.

But it was his second strike that will have the Premier League on alert. "In the Champions League and the Bundesliga Haaland has already proven his qualities at the highest level and last Saturday against Liverpool he was in the right positions, finding chances, moving cleverly and looking quick, strong, and aggressive in his running," he wrote in his column for The Times prior to Haaland's electric first Premier League outing. “Haaland scored in exactly that manner on his City debut in a friendly with Bayern Munich and against Liverpool the two big opportunities he passed up were in central positions six yards out that he had moved into during attacks where City switched play wide. Wayne Rooney, who hit 208 goals in the Premier League, is backing Haaland to win the Golden Boot and believes he will prove to be the difference in the title race. Welcome to the Premier League Erling Haaland! 👏— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) Erling Haaland immediately hit the ground running in the Premier League, notching a sublime brace away at West Ham.

The Norwegian, a £51.2m signing from Borussia Dortmund, will not be afforded the space to knock the ball behind defenders and power past them with his abnormal ...

The few yards of space he found before Phil Foden’s clipped cross missed his forehead by centimetres. He wasn’t far from finding the goal that would have completed a debut hat-trick, either. The penalty was cool-as-you-like, despite it sounding as though the entirety of the 62,500-capacity London Stadium was booing him. Goal number two was pure, unfiltered Haaland, made possible by the delightful precision of Kevin De Bruyne’s pass. After celebrating his first City goal, he raised a sneaky finger to his lips to quiet the West Ham fans who had so roundly booed him, before checking that impressive man-bun that had been loosened by team-mates ruffling his hair in celebration. It was almost as though Haaland had read Rooney’s Sunday Times column that morning.

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland will 'not solve all our problems' and claimed he wants to make the 22-year-old a better player.

"When he scores two, he wants three, when he scores three, he wants four. "I don't know him much, so we need time, but I know how he handled criticism this week and he was really calm. "He is a threat for us now, but he is not going to solve all our problems.