Erling Haaland says he's not chasing records but at this rate he'll beat Alan Shearer's landmark of 260 goals in about five years! The Man City striker has defied sceptics ahead of his first derby

There were some very lazy pundits around before Erling Haaland moved to England.

Sceptics emerged again after Liverpool beat Manchester City in the Community Shield.

Haaland wasn’t at his best that day but, as I said at the time, if he plays badly and still has three good chances to score, imagine what he could be like?

These were some of the takes before the season started:

• Haaland will fail like Zlatan Ibrahimovic did at Barcelona because Pep Guardiola can’t play with a big man up front;

• Haaland won’t fit into Guardiola’s team because he’s a counter-attacking striker;

• Haaland won’t score in the Premier League; he’s only been good in the ‘Farmers League’, the Bundesliga.