He played the full game in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.

Manchester City forward Erling Haaland created a unique piece of history that has never been achieved under Pep Guardiola during Sunday’s clash against Chelsea.

The Norwegian, who made his 100th appearance for City on Sunday afternoon, opened his Premier League account for the 24/25 campaign after just 18 minutes.

After some great build-up play, Haaland clipped the ball past an onrushing Robert Sanchez with ease – a decision he later explained in an interview with Sky Sports.

“I don’t know if you remember last year he had a great save on me,” Haaland said. “He always stays a lot on the line, so that’s why I took a couple extra touches and then he’s rushing out, and then I knew exactly what to do.”

He added: “I think it was a really good goal. I remember from last year he was irritating me for a long time, so that’s why I took a couple of extra touches and then yeah, perfect goal.”

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Haaland, who has netted City’s first goal of the Premier League season for the third year in a row, was fairly quiet for large spells against Chelsea.

In fact, he became the first player ever to complete just three passes whilst playing 90 minutes under Pep Guardiola.

It is quite the stat considering Guardiola has managed hundreds of players across his 17-year career in management with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

“I want to get more involved, that’s what Pep wants. But in games like this, do I need to be that more involved?” he asked in the interview with Sky Sports.

“That’s the million-dollar question. I want to get more assists and become a better player.”

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Haaland, who has been directly involved in 106 goals during his Manchester City career, was inundated with compliments after his display at Stamford Bridge.

Speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports, former Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge said: “He is obsessed with scoring goals. You can see he has it in him, he wants to be more than just a goalscorer.

“When you play Haaland, he has so much to his game we are not seeing. Ninety-one goals, it’s incredible, ridiculous. Players like him are so rare.”

Micah Richards added: “He is having to adapt his game because Manchester City always have the ball. He has to adapt his game in the box and that is what he deserves credit for. He was constantly making those runs to create space.”

Jamie Redknapp, meanwhile, claimed Haaland has “brought strikers back into fashion” since his emergence.