Manchester City: Erling Haaland's surprising statistics from Bournemouth thrashing

After scoring twice on his debut, Erling Haaland posted some rather more surprising numbers on his second Manchester City appearance.

City beat Bournemouth 4-0 in the first home game of the season – and Haaland set up Ilkay Gundogan's opening goal, but the £51m striker otherwise had a quiet afternoon at the Etihad.

That assist constituted one of only eight touches for the Norwegian hitman; it was also one of just eight passes he completed as he played in front of City home crowd for the first time.

Since Opta started collecting such data in 2003/04, only two Premier League players have taken fewer touches in a single match: Watford's Hamer Bouazza (6), and Romelu Lukaku for Chelsea against Crystal Palace last term (7).

Still, on another day, Haaland would have had a goal to his name; with his teammate open in the middle, Phil Foden opted to shoot – and slightly fortuitously score City's third goal.