Haaland Showcase Benefit of World Cup Rest With Goal Against Liverpool

• Erling Haaland picked up from where he left off before the World Cup break with a beautiful goal against Liverpool
• Haaland who rested through the World Cup break with Norway having not qualified proved the freshest in the match
• He skipped past Liverpool defender Joe Gomez to open the scoring in under ten minutes of the Carabao Cup

The curtain has closed on the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with the trophy heading to Argentina as Lionel Messi leads his country to their third title, his first - winning the only trophy eluding his storied career.

The Mundial is the first in the Middle East as well as the first in the winter and it comes in the middle of European football leagues - which caused a stop to top leagues across Europe.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is one of the players who utilized the month-long World Cup to rest and regain full fitness midway through the season, his country Norway failed to qualify.

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He wasted no time in proving how beneficial the rest was by scoring a well taken goal against Liverpool as club football returns first in England with the Carabao Cup.

Haaland continues good goal-scoring form

The Norwegian striker had scored 23 goals in all competitions for Manchester City in the first half of the season and under 10 minutes in his first appearance as club football restarted, he found the back of the net.

He smartly beat the offside trap and came off the back of Liverpool defender Joe Gomez to powerfully hit home a Kevin De Bruyne cross - the combination of the two is becoming worrisome for rivals in the Premier League.

Liverpool equalized minutes later through Fabio Carvalho and as of the time of filing this report, the scores were level at 1-1 as the teams went into the half-time break.

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Haaland sets Premier League record

Of the 24 goals scored for Manchester City by Erling Haaland so far, nine have come as a result of hat-tricks, he has a hat-trick of hat-tricks already for Manchester.

Sports Brief earlier reported that he set a Premier League record as the first player to score three goals each in three successive home games after scoring against Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.

He currently leads the scorer's chart in the league with 18 goals, six clear of second placed and three-time Premier League golden boot winner Harry Kane.