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West Ham 0-2 Manchester City: Erling Haaland scores TWICE on his Premier League debut as Pep Guardiola's champions begin their title defence in ominous form

Erling Haaland won the penalty, Erling Haaland scored the penalty.

In Premier League history, only one other player has done that on his debut. Alexandre Pato for Chelsea against Aston Villa, April 2, 2016. OK, so that isn’t the greatest omen. Pato never scored for Chelsea again, and only featured in other game. He ended up in China and for the last two seasons has been with Orlando City in the MLS.

We know that is not going to be Haaland’s fate, though, not least because 30 minutes later he added his second. It was quite the arrival.