Peter Drury On Erling Haaland - Best Commentaries

That's been a confident start from the visitors, seen plenty of the ball. Choki's hitter Haaland's on his way. Haaland is on the charge and Haaland scores. There is your racing certainty. Here's Robotic, here's a machine. Choki, that's a beautifully weighted ball and here goes Erling Haaland. Slick, smart, certain. Haaland at the double again and City promptly back in front. Well, he's just unstoppable. De Bruyne's corner. Haaland! Unstoppable after a week. Who will ever stand in the way of Erling Haaland? As City are on a different plane. De Bruyne, Haaland! Getting silly. He's just crazy. He writes his own rules. He makes his own numbers. He's ripping this thing up. Grealish, De Bruyne, Gomez. Haaland! Hat-trick of hat-tricks. Three successive home games. Look at me, dad. Look at me, world. It's almost not fair. He is that good. Five for City. Three again for the extraordinary Erling Haaland. Manchester City, football from the heavens. Manchester United crashing right back down to Earth. Doku, shifting it through here for Erling Haaland. To himself, Erling Haaland. A compelling athlete. And it's a way back for United from here. Impulsory Erling Haaland goal and all is forgiven. Where do United go from here? This is, from City, another epic ride. Manchester City are going nowhere fast. Haaland! To the striker end. And City are on their way. Did he enjoy that? Yes, he did. Grealish, Bernardo Silva. And Haaland had to! Haaland's Manchester moment. Manchester City are the kings of Manchester again. Utterly irrepressible. Foden, the sharpest edge of all. Cuts through at the last. The class, the elan, the certainty of champions. And Arsenal are broken. Just so good. Just too good. Gundogan. And De Bruyne. And Haaland! The champions stride away. A giant moment from a giant man. A look that knows. And so it twists for City. They have reeled Arsenal in. Once more, the champions lord it over those who would steal their crown. And the race is neck and neck. And it is a result for City. Well worth gallivanting about. Maybe three months from now, we will look back on this night and consider it the night when it turned. City are in it again. And Rodri Pamores. Haaland in the battle! There is your mood changer. And City have a task on their hands. Might be it. This might be it. The City to the cusp. All four in a row. Can see it now. Feel it now. They can reach out and almost touch it. Utter. Utter conviction. He slammed it in. He meant it. They're close. Nunes. Haaland's up! Erling Haaland. Focus. The certainty of a would-be champion. He shrugs off pressure. He rises to every moment. And Manchester City are in front again. To Breuner. Rodri. And City are on their way. Well on their way. Broad shoulders. Haaland. Blast, Patrick! Again. He's a big, bad bully. But he ain't half good at it. Is he perhaps a little stung? Haaland. Don't you dare spoil my day! There is only one man. Erling Haaland hogs it all for himself. Me and only me. Kovacic. Space for de Bruyne. Erling Haaland. Haaland! Instant impact. You miss him for a week or two. And he comes flying back to make his point. And Manchester City have a cushion. A bemused, becalmed Stamford Bridge. Erling Haaland. Slides City ahead. With customary calm. And absolute certainty. It's quite a game. And now Foden. And Fede Alvarez. And Haaland! He is ridiculous. Bernardo Silva. And Erling Haaland. Lost his way through. He doesn't wait to be asked. Nothing changes. The standards have not slipped. One jot. Manchester City win. They just know how. Haaland. Nicking it away from Chalabert. Goalkeeper has come here. Erling Haaland! Lines again. He smirks smugly. How good am I? Mendes looking to pick his way through. That's a clever pass. That's Rico Luis. That's Erling Haaland. And Manchester City have their lead. Passing so pure. So penetrative. And once Haaland was running onto it. The outcome was inevitable. Erling Haaland. Bang! 2-0. Pretty much irresistible this guy. And Manchester City are beginning here. An apparent cruise. Steal from De Bruyne. Who's running away from Ndidi. And rolling it through for Erling Haaland. Too strong. Too fast. By every measurement. In every dimension. Just too good. For all who try to stay with him. Mr. Incredible. Sends it back to Bernardo Silva. Shifted on for Grealish. Rolled up here for Erling Haaland! History of the Premier League. T5. Mashes through. Yet one more historic barrier. The most abundant harvest of any player in any year. In the history of the Premier League. Big broad shoulders. His moment. Announcing Erling Haaland! You'll see that a few times more. Composure. Certainty. Self-assurance beyond his years. And the champions are ahead on day one. Rotary. To Bruyne. There goes Haaland. He's on his way again. He's hungry. He's scored. He always does. He always will. More certain than that Erling Haaland would slap his name across this game. How proud, dad. And he's not the only one. You just knew. You just knew he wouldn't miss. It's the story they all came to see told. Erling Haaland was written as the hero of the day. And he duly performed as such. He seems not even to have broken sweat. And West Ham felt the full force of the Premier League's newest mega star. Perhaps at the back of City's queue there is the greatest lead worry of them all. Born in this place. Born to this place. And now returning here potentially to damage this place. Oh, he's given it to Grealish. And Grealish has the freedom of Ellen Road. And Grealish has Haaland. Who finally plants his flag into the heart of his native city. Once more, City's number nine is the centre of attention. So City is smooth as they need it to be. Two more Erling Haaland goals. His numbers continue to be ridiculous. He came back to his birthplace and surely made his mark.