Man City and Haaland clobber United 3-0 in Manchester derby

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MANCHESTER, England - Manchester Citys goal-scoring machine Erling Haaland struck twice in a 3-0 Premier League thrashing of Manchester United on Sunday, giving Pep Guardiolas side bragging rights in the latest edition of the derby.

Phil Foden also scored for City in his first start of the season, heading in Jeremy Dokus cross in the 18th minute. Doku squeezed brilliantly through Uniteds defence and had his first cross blocked but dug out a second that Foden leapt to guide in.

Haaland, who has a remarkable seven goals this week for club and country, scored his first of the afternoon in the 53rd minute when Doku muscled past Lenny Yoro before sliding a pass to the big Norwegian who chipped the ball over goalkeeper Altay Bayindir.

The 25-year-old, who ran at Uniteds defence like a bulldozer all day, completed his double in the 68th when the visitors lost the ball. Haaland, lining up at the centre circle, easily outsprinted Harry Maguire to Bernardo Silvas ball forward for another one-on-one with Bayindir.

The match lacked the intrigue of derbies past with both teams going into the game mid-table after sputtering starts.

City climbed to eighth with their second win from four, while United are 14th with just one victory.

HAALANDS WONDERFUL WEEK

Haaland almost had a hat-trick, thanks to Uniteds shambles at the back. He had Bayindir beaten but missed a sitter to hit the post. Guardiola was already celebrating, but then held his head in disbelief.

The victory capped quite a week for Haaland, who had five goals on Tuesday when Norway pummelled Moldova 11-1 to maintain their perfect record in mens World Cup qualifying.

He also scored his