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Manchester City head coach, Pep Guardiola has expressed his delight in the insatiable hunger of Erling Haaland to keep scoring.

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Erling Haaland who scored two goals in their 2-0 win against West Ham in his Premier League debut on Sunday was said to be unhappy as he wanted to score a hat-trick.

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Reacting, Guardiola described the 22-year-old's desire to keep scoring as akin to Messi glory days at Barcelona when he was his coach.

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"That's good, I like it,"Guardiola said in his post-match press conference.

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"I was fortunate as a manager to be with Messi and when he scored two, he wanted three, and when scored three, he wants four.

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"The top goal scorers are never satisfied, they are always hungry and starving and want more"

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The Norway International had come under serious criticism after his performance against City's defeat against Liverpool in the Community Shield gave a remarkable performance against West Ham to silence critics.

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Guardiola added: "I know how he handled a lot of criticism this week. He was calm, he trained and really well but the way he took the ball for the penalty, I said 'I like it'.

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