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'Dortmund have to be careful with Haaland’ – Favre refuses to rush teen sensation into starting XI

Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland must still convince Lucien Favre of his match fitness despite a sensational start to life in Germany.

Haaland arrived at Signal Iduna Park from RB Salzburg last month, billed as one of the hottest properties in European football, and the teenage striker has certainly not disappointed.

He scored a hat-trick from the bench to inspire a 5-3 comeback win over Augsburg in his debut and followed that with two goals in a 5-1 rout of Koln.

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The Norway international was at the double once more on his first start, with Union Berlin dismissed 5-0, although he was a substitute again for the DFB-Pokal tie at Werder Bremen in midweek.