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No stage too big - Haaland arrives in style at World Cup
Key takeaways
- Figure caption, Highlight: Norway start World Cup with biggest ever win against Iraq
- If there is a stage that is too big for Erling Haaland, we're yet to find it.
- Norway manager Stale Solbakken said afterwards: "You can see he lived up to the occasion - it wasn't too big for him.
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Figure caption, Highlight: Norway start World Cup with biggest ever win against Iraq
If there is a stage that is too big for Erling Haaland, we're yet to find it.
A hat-trick on his Champions League debut for RB Salzburg, a hat-trick on his Bundesliga debut for Dortmund, a double on his Premier League debut for Manchester City, and now two goals on his World Cup finals debut, inspiring Norway to a 4-1 win over Iraq.
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