Let's have a look in more detail at Erling Haaland's numbers since joining Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022:

• Haaland has scored 64 goals in 67 Premier League appearances. No player has scored more since his Premier League debut. Mohamed Salah has the next-most goals in that time with 38 in 71 games.
• Haaland has the best minutes-per-goal ratio in Premier League history (minimum 20 goals). He has scored a goal every 85 minutes. Sergio Aguero has the next best record with a goal every 108 minutes.
• In his first season at City, Haaland scored 52 goals in 53 games in all competitions, a record for a Manchester City player.
• Haaland's 36 league goals in his first season took him past the longstanding joint records of Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole, who both scored 34 goals in the first three seasons of the Premier League - when teams played 42 games.
• Haaland took just 48 games to score 50 Premier League goals, 17 games fewer than previous recordholder Cole.
• This season Haaland could win his third consecutive Premier League Golden Boot. Thierry Henry was the last player to win three in a row in 2004.

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It did not take Sunday's opening goal against Chelsea to highlight that Erling Haaland is really a rather good striker, but the Norwegian's 91st goal in 100 appearances for Manchester City still triggered a rare response from manager Pep Guardiola.

"These are the numbers of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo," said the City boss. "They controlled the last decade and 15 years absolutely everything. In terms of numbers, it is that level.

"I don’t know how he does it but to score 91 goals in 100 games in this country is unbelievable."

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Theirry Henry has stepped down as the manager of France Under-21s.

He guided France to a silver medal at this summer's Olympic Games - they lost 5-3 to Spain after extra time in the final.

In a statement, external, he said he was stepping down due to "reasons personal to him".

Henry was appointed in August last year on a contract that ran until June 2025.

The France and Arsenal legend said: "Winning the silver medal at the Olympic Games for my country will remain one of the proudest things I have ever had.

"I am incredibly grateful to the Federation, the players, the staff and the fans who have given me a magical experience."

Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder

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There was not much between Manchester City and Chelsea on Sunday, especially in the second half, but a little bit of wisdom made a big difference in the end.

The defending champions had much more nous and know-how than Chelsea's young team, and Mateo Kovacic epitomised that experience with his performance in City's 2-0 win.

It was even more impressive when you consider he had such huge shoes to fill at the base of City's midfield.

It has become very obvious that City's momentary lapses in their run of four consecutive Premier League titles are generally when Rodri is not playing - they lost three of the four games where he was absent last season.

So, with Rodri missing, on top of Chelsea's youth, energy and especially the fact they were playing at Stamford Bridge, I did think this game could be a banana skin for them. Kovacic helped ensure that was not the case, however.

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So, we are almost one Premier League game week down, just another 37 to go.

But what have we learned from the season's opening round of matches?

Click on the links below to check out the match reports from each of this weekend's fixtures, after which we will assess some of the key talking points:

Friday, 16 August

Manchester United 1-0 Fulham

Saturday, 17 August

Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool

Arsenal 2-0 Wolves

Everton 0-3 Brighton

Newcastle 1-0 Southampton

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bournemouth

West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa

Sunday, 18 August

Brentford 2-1 Crystal Palace

Chelsea 0-2 Man City

Monday, 19 August

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00 BST)

Scott, Belfast

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According to Football Insider,, external Liverpool will wait until the January transfer window to sign a star midfielder.

This comes after the club's move for Real Sociedad's Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25, fell through.

However, if Ilkay Gundogan is now available, would the Reds be interested in bringing the former Manchester City midfielder back to the Premier League?

Rich, Oxford

The Athletic

The Athletic, external has reported that Ilkay Gundogan is exploring options amid the possibility of him leaving Barcelona.

The former Manchester City midfielder only joined the Spanish giants last summer and has two years left on his contract, but there is now said to be interest from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some the Premier League clubs in the 33-year-old.

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Estella

Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes and referees' chief Howard Webb have also said that to improve the experience for fans at Premier League games this season, they plan to "put more replays on the big screens" and make more use of social media.

The Premier League Match Centre, external account on X began posting "near-live" explanations of VAR decisions and explanations were shown on video screens inside the stadium at Premier League games, while more replays will be shown too.

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Referees' chief Howard Webb said before the start of the season: "We have the lowest intervention rate of all the major leagues already. It is 0.29 interventions per game.

"What you will see is more efficiency. We know here that people don't want forensic examination when that's not necessary. We're looking for those clear errors that should jump off the screen and if that doesn't exist in the situation then 'check complete' and we move on.

"We acknowledge there are areas we can do better – there were some high-profile situations last season which resulted in clear errors not being rectified. That’s our role to fundamentally rectify those clear errors and to do that as effectively and efficiently as possible."

Did you feel that the penalty decision against Lewis Dunk was a 'clear error that jumped off the screen'? Let us know via the usual channels above or hit thumbs up if you think 'no penalty' was the correct decision, and thumbs down if you think it didn't reach the 'high bar'.

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Since VAR was introduced, the guidance for its use has always been to correct "clear and obvious errors". That measurement can also be subjective.

'Clear and obvious' remains the key test. But Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes said they have a "six-point plan" approved by clubs and explained to players, which includes:

• Introducing a "Referee's Call" approach similar to cricket with VAR as a "safety net"
• "Reaffirming a high bar" for VAR intervention - not re-refereeing subjective decisions made by on-field officials
• Making sure people understand VAR will not achieve perfection

Everton

Everton manager Sean Dyche felt the penalty decision should have stood, saying: "A big decision on the penalty - I can't really work it out.

"We go to these meetings, we have literally been told the bar is going to be incredibly high for the referee to make a decision; he makes a clear decision from a perfect viewing point and lo and behold he is called over to overturn the decision.

"You are like, what is the point having a high bar then? We are all confused by it."

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The VAR felt they had to intervene during Everton's home defeat by Brighton, however, after the Toffees were also awarded a penalty.

Brighton defender Lewis Dunk appeared to catch Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the box but referee Simon Hooper changed his mind after being asked by the VAR to review the incident on the pitchside monitor.

He ruled in Brighton's favour, as it seemed Calvert-Lewin had inadvertently stepped on Dunk's foot as the defender slid to get in position to block a position shot from the striker.

Hooper reversed his decision despite it appearing as though the main VAR monitor was not functioning correctly, with the referee said to have had a back-up screen available.

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Changes to the video assistant referee (VAR) system have been promised in the Premier League this season and there was one example of a new rule called "Referee's Call" during West Ham's home defeat by Aston Villa on Saturday.

The rule reaffirms a high bar for VAR intervention and means subjective decisions will not be refereed again after a decision has been made by on-field officials.

It came into play as West Ham were given a chance to equalise when a foul by Matty Cash on Tomas Soucek resulted in a penalty being awarded.

After a quick VAR check, the decision stood, and Lucas Paqueta stepped up to convert the spot-kick, although Villa ended up grabbing a late winner.

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Wolves' pursuit of Yoane Wissa could be doomed to fail with Brentford keen to keep the forward.

Gary O'Neil's side had already been told by Brentford they do not want to sell the forward, before he scored the winner in the Sunday's 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace.

With the possibility Ivan Toney could leave the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford boss Thomas Frank said post-match he wants Wissa to stay.

Wolves are looking for reinforcements after selling Pedro Neto to Chelsea - who come to Molineux on Sunday - for £54m and Wissa is on their list.

Yet O'Neil does not have a pot of gold to spend and signing a centre-back to replace Max Kilman, after his £40m move to West Ham, is likely to be his priority.

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We've also been reacting to some Chelsea news this morning.

Raheem Sterling's representatives want "clarity" over his position at the club after the former England forward was left out of the Blues' matchday squad for Sunday's defeat by Manchester City.

Sterling's representatives said there was an "expectation" he would be involved.

Speaking to Sky Sports, manager Enzo Maresca said: "The manager has to make some decisions. Sometimes players don't like it, that's normal. Just a technical decision, no more than that."

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If you're just joining us, we've been discussing the latest on Ivan Toney, who was left out of Brentford's squad during their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Asked if Toney has already played his last match for Brentford, manager Thomas Frank said: "Who knows? There is interest. It's not close."

When asked if it was a matter of when not if he leaves, Frank added: "Yes, I guess that is fair."

According to TeamTalk, external, Toney's representatives are in talks over a move to Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli.