Erling Haaland has the ball in the box and hammers in a shot. Good diving save from Emiliano Martinez.

Haaland has scored 10 of his 15 shots on target this season.

Kevin de Bruyne hits a sweet free-kick which has Emiliano Martinez rooted to the spot but it cannons off the crossbar.

Panic stations as Erling Haaland has the ball just outside the box and Tyrone Mings barges him down. Free-kick in shooting range.

Guy Levin: Every time Haaland's name is mentioned by a pundit I hear about how many touches he has, getting boring quickly. You can do more than touch a ball, he has two defenders glued to him so the rest of the team is playing 10v9.

Shaun: Haaland is single-handedly ahead of 14 Premier League teams on goals scored. When was the last time a player finished the season with more goals than an entire team?

Aston Villa bring on Philippe Coutinho for captain John McGinn.

Erling Haaland is close about three times. The first he is denied by Emiliano Martinez's feet and then twice he's inches away from getting onto a cross.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

What Steven Gerrard won't want is a really big score against him with those three games coming up [at Leicester, at home to Southampton and away to Leeds]. Those are the ones he is going to be judged in in such a big way. City supporters are dining out on it at the moment [singing "you'll be sacked in the morning"]. Imagine if they don't get a result against Leicester. Is that the one that is going to be a turning point for Steven Gerrard? I don't agree with it but I understand it and you can see the way it is going to go. Let's try and build this young manager, with a young career because you feel he has all the credentials to go on and become a top manager.

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City take the sting out of this somewhat as they piece together another nice spell of possession. And they win a corner, even better.

Good spell this from Villa. Ederson punches away a cross and Leon Bailey takes a touch outside the box and curls an effort just wide.

City keeper Ederson is quickly off his line to stop Jacob Ramsey from being in on goal from Ollie Watkins' through ball.

The ball is loose but a City defender hacks it away.

Spoiler alert presumably for anyone who hasn't seen Game of Thrones but plans to. I gave up after a season and a half.

That Erling Haaland goal is the only shot either team have attempted in the second half.

John Stones defends well against Ollie Watkins to deny him a chance.

Ashley Hardwick: C'mon Erling Haaland get a hat-trick, I need the money

Rachel T: Is that a tornado? No it’s the sound of over five million FPL managers breathing out!

Phil Foden's cross is beyond Erling Haaland, and the offside flag goes up anyway.

Only three Manchester City players scored double figures in the Premier League last season.

Kevin de Bruyne was their top scorer in the league with 15.

Erling Haaland is two-thirds of the way there. With over 32 games to go.

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Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Villa Park

A nightmare start to the second half for Aston Villa as Erling Haaland volleys the ball over the line from close range following Kevin de Bruyne's stunning cross from the right side of the box.

Haaland only touched the ball 10 times in the first half but is in the right place to put the visitors ahead. How will Villa react to this setback?

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Erling Haaland has hardly touched the ball in the game but this is what he does. Killer instinct. Kevin de Bruyne puts in a deep cross and Haaland is there with the simplest of finishes on the back post. It is all about instinct. He knows where to be, like every great striker does, to move to double figures for the season.

That is 10 goals in Erling Haaland's first six Premier League games.

Only Micky Quinn has ever managed that before.