Nicolas Jackson scored twice, in the 6th and 60th minutes, as Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at Villa Park. Erling Haaland had levelled in the 52nd minute. City had 64 per cent of the possession, 15…
Every article The Sports Guru has published about Erling Haaland: 18 Football articles between 19 April 2026 and 24 October 2026, newest first. For wider coverage, see all Football analysis.
Matchday two of the Champions League is on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Manchester City against Paris Saint-Germain the headline, so this is the recap of where the league phase started. Five English clubs…
Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield on the day they returned to action after a guilty verdict, yet one second yellow card sits at the centre of the afternoon. This article asks how much of the result was a…
Manchester City's players are being asked to treat a damning Premier League verdict as background noise, and a trip to Anfield arrives before the appeal does. This article explains what Enzo Maresca and Erling…
Portugal reached the Nations League last eight with a 2-1 win over Norway, and the cost of the night for Norway may stretch beyond the table. Read on to see why Portugal's win looked more settled than its…
Wales began their Nations League A campaign without a win and conceded first against Norway in Cardiff. This article explains how pressure down one flank, a red card after 15 seconds of the second half and a…
Pro Ref has admitted it got something wrong over Erling Haaland's winning goal in the Manchester derby, but the statement raises a more interesting question than it answers: was it the right mistake to…
Crystal Palace's next four days matter more than the ninety minutes that just cost them. This article explains how Manchester City turned a competitive contest into a 4-1 win, why Erling Haaland's record…
England are in a World Cup semi-final for the fourth time in their history, and they got there the way they seem determined to do everything at this tournament: badly, anxiously, and then suddenly through Jude…
For eighty minutes at MetLife this was heading exactly where the seedings said it should, and then Erling Haaland decided it would not. Two goals in the final eleven minutes carried Norway past Brazil and into…
On a day when Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe had already scored twice apiece, Erling Haaland was never likely to let the headlines pass him by. This piece covers his double in a 3-2 win over Senegal that sent…
Erling Haaland has made a habit of walking into new competitions and immediately bending them to his will. In Boston on Tuesday night, the World Cup became the latest to find out. We examine what his debut…
The PFA has published its full shortlists for the 2025/26 Men's and Women's Player of the Year awards, and the six names in each category tell a revealing story about where the power in English football now…
A live television appearance by a Real Madrid presidential candidate has escalated into a full-blown legal dispute involving one of football's biggest clubs. Adrian Dane unpacks the stunt, the election context…
With Arsenal still to face West Ham on Super Sunday, Manchester City did everything asked of them at the Etihad, winning convincingly and closing the gap at the top to just two points. This piece examines how…
Manchester City's second-half implosion at Everton has shifted the Premier League title race decisively in Arsenal's favour. Adrian Dane examines how a 13-minute collapse, a costly defensive error, and a…
Erling Haaland's early goal at Turf Moor did two things in one evening: it nudged Manchester City above Arsenal to the top of the Premier League, and it ended Burnley's top-flight tenure after a solitary,…
Erling Haaland's second-half strike gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, cutting the gap between the sides to just three points with City holding a game in hand. We…

















