Two Maxime Esteve own goals and a late Erling Haaland brace helped Manchester City beat Burnley 5-1 to make it 14 wins in a row over the Clarets.

The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup kicked off this Saturday in Chile, a competition where stars like Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland first made their mark.

Never write off Erling Haaland. Even when he hasn't scored after 90 minutes. The Norwegian looked like he was having a quiet game as Manchester City laboured to victory over Burnley but he came alive right at the end,

It was his trademark at Red Bull Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund. It is the way he scored his first open-play goal in the Premier League, on debut against West Ham United in August 2022. And he reproduced the formula this month in consecutive Sundays against Manchester United and Arsenal.

Manchester City have moved to ease concerns around Erling Haaland after Pep Guardiola offered a fitness update that initially created doubt over the striker’s availability this weekend.

Erling Haaland turned World Cup qualifying into his personal showcase on Tuesday night, scoring five times in Norway's 11-1 demolition of Moldova in Oslo. The Manchester City striker was unplayable, ensuring Stale Solbakken's side maintained their flawless start to the campaign and stayed firmly perched at the top of Group I with 15 points from five matches.

“Maybe,” was the verdict given to midfielder Mateo Kovačić, who has not played this season after suffering an Achilles injury in May. “It would help a lot to have Kova back. It’s a long injury, surgery, but he is getting ready. He is not fully ready but step-by-step.”

The hosts did not have it all their own way on Saturday afternoon though and the result could have been very different had Maxime Esteve not converted twice into his own net and had Erling Haaland's interventions late on not happened. But City had 68% ...