Guardiola praises 'ridiculous' Haaland after another hat-trick

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland's scoring rate for Manchester City is "ridiculous" after the Norwegian netted his 10th hat-trick in 101 games for the club in a 4-1 win over Ipswich on Saturday. Newly-promoted to the Premier League, Ipswich had a dream start at the Etihad, but order was quickly restored as City struck three times in four minutes through Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.

Haaland then fired in from outside the box to take his tally since joining City a little over two years ago to 94 goals in 96 starts. Guardiola said those numbers put the former RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund striker alongside the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.