Manchester City: Erling Haaland has potential to be club great, says Pep Guardiola

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hailed Erling Haaland as a player with the potential to write himself into the football club's history books after a second successive Premier League hat-trick.

The 22-year-old is the first player in the Premier League era to score nine goals in his first five games after a 26-minute first-half treble to bag a 6-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, 31 August.

"Sergio [Aguero] is the legend... Erling has the quality to be there...What Sergio has done is amazing. But Erling has this talent," Guardiola said.

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