Burnley 0-3 Manchester City: Erling Haaland scores twice in opening-day win

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By Phil McNultyBBC Sport astatine Turf Moor

Last updated connected 2 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League

Erling Haaland was backmost successful the aged regular with a devastating show of finishing arsenic Manchester City opened the defence of their Premier League rubric with a comfy triumph astatine Burnley.

The goalscoring phenomenon, who deed 52 goals arsenic City won the Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League past season, took lone 185 seconds to unfastened his relationship for the caller campaign, striking a stroke from which the recently promoted Clarets ne'er recovered.

Haaland pounced successful the country erstwhile Rodri headed down Kevin de Bruyne's cross, past curled successful a magnificent left-foot onslaught into the apical country beyond Burnley keeper James Trafford aft 36 minutes to efficaciously extremity the contest.

Burnley, roared connected by a passionate location crowd, ne'er gave up but City's power grew much emphatic arsenic the crippled went on, Rodri turning location the 3rd with 15 minutes near aft the location defence failed to wide a free-kick.

It each ended precise comfortably for City, their nighttime lone marred by different wounded for De Bruyne, who limped disconnected aft lone 23 minutes to beryllium replaced by summertime signing Mateo Kovacic.

Burnley had Anass Zaroury sent disconnected successful wounded time, aft a the video adjunct referee review, for a unsafe lunge connected Kyle Walker.

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Burnley

Squad number1Player nameTrafford
Squad number14Player nameRoberts
Squad number28Player nameAl Dakhil
Squad number2Player nameO'Shea
Squad number5Player nameBeyer
Squad number22Player nameVitinho
Squad number30Player nameKoleosho
Squad number16Player nameBerge
Squad number24Player nameCullen
Squad number17Player nameFoster
Squad number25Player nameAmdouni

Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
Squad number10Player nameManuel
Squad number15Player nameRedmond
Squad number19Player nameZaroury
Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen

Manchester City

Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number82Player nameLewis
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number47Player nameFoden
Squad number9Player nameHaaland

Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number14Player nameLaporte
Squad number24Player nameGvardiol
Squad number80Player namePalmer
Squad number87Player nameMcAtee

Line-ups

Burnley

Formation 5-4-1

1Trafford
14Roberts
28Al Dakhil
2O'Shea
5BeyerSubstituted forManuelat 74'minutes
22da Silva
30KoleoshoSubstituted forBruun Larsenat 61'minutes
16BergeSubstituted forBrownhillat 90+1'minutes
24Cullen
17FosterSubstituted forRedmondat 90+1'minutes
25AmdouniSubstituted forZarouryat 61'minutesBooked astatine 90mins

Substitutes

4Cork
7Gudmundsson
8Brownhill
10Manuel
15Redmond
18Ekdal
19Zaroury
34Bruun Larsen
49Muric

Man City

Formation 4-2-3-1

31Ederson
2WalkerSubstituted forMcAteeat 90+5'minutes
25Akanji
6AkéSubstituted forLaporteat 79'minutes
82LewisSubstituted forGvardiolat 79'minutes
17De BruyneSubstituted forKovacicat 23'minutes
16Rodri
20Bernardo Silva
19Álvarez
47Foden
9HaalandSubstituted forPalmerat 80'minutes

Substitutes

4Phillips
8Kovacic
10Grealish
14Laporte
18Ortega
21Gómez
24Gvardiol
80Palmer
87McAtee

Referee:Craig Pawson

Attendance:21,572

Live Text

Match ends, Burnley 0, Manchester City 3.
Second Half ends, Burnley 0, Manchester City 3.
Attempt saved. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Álvarez with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Kyle Walker due to the fact that of an injury.
Anass Zaroury (Burnley) is shown the reddish card.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
VAR Decision: Card upgraded Anass Zaroury (Burnley).
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Anass Zaroury (Burnley).
Substitution, Burnley. Nathan Redmond replaces Lyle Foster.
Substitution, Burnley. Josh Brownhill replaces Sander Berge.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Manuel Akanji.
Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Julián Álvarez pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Sander Berge (Burnley).
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer (Manchester City).
Attempt saved. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
Ederson (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Sander Berge (Burnley).

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