Inside Erling Haaland’s ‘karate kick’ wonder goal as team-mate is caught literally scratching his head live on camera

ERLING HAALAND amazed fans, pundits and his manager Pep Guardiola by scoring an unthinkable "karate kick" for Manchester City past night.

Guardiola's men took connected Sparta Prague astatine the Etihad connected matchday 3 of the Champions League's caller "League Phase".

City led 1-0 astatine half-time via Phil Foden's strike, earlier truly turning connected the benignant successful the 2nd period.

Just abbreviated of the hr mark, Haaland provided a portion of accomplishment that volition unrecorded agelong successful City's fans' memories.

Winger Savinho took connected his full-back, jinking towards the byline.

He past prodded a transverse towards City's centre-forward.

With the walk acold from perfect, Haaland utilized each of his hulking 6ft 4in framework to marque the shot his.

The Norwegian, 24, launched himself into the aerial - showing singular athleticism to get to the ball.

While 1.96m disconnected the ground, Haaland's lethal near ft made interaction with the ball, directing it towards goal.

As the striker landed successful a heap, his changeable bounced beyond the scope of goalkeeper Peter Vindahl Jensen.

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Haaland past gingerly got to his feet, portion wearing a smug grin connected his face.

His team-mates, who surely indispensable beryllium utilized to his exploits by now, were near stunned by the goal.

Bernardo Silva and Nathan Ake some enactment their hands connected their heads.

Speaking aft the crippled Matheus Nunes, who grabbed City's 5th successful their 5-0 win, admitted that helium was "speechless" aft Haaland's goal.

Chatting to TNT Sports, helium said: "It was an astonishing goal. I was speechless aft his shot."

Referencing 1 of Haaland's erstwhile wonder-goals, helium added: "When helium scored against Dortmund I was watching connected TV and to spot this live, it was amazing."

Guardiola, 53, could beryllium seen simply applauding his striker's superb goal.

He past gushed aft the game: "I didn't cognize however helium scored. For a quality being, I would accidental nary [it's not normal].

"He made a fantastic goal. He tin interaction 15 oregon 20 balls but person 7 oregon 8 chances. It's unbelievable."

'I'D HAVE PULLED MY GROIN!'

Foden, meanwhile, joked: "I conscionable spoke to him and said: 'If I tried to bash that I'd propulsion my groin!'

"I don't cognize however helium did it I conscionable deliberation it's conscionable his agelong legs. He's a freak, isn't he?"

Opposition manager Lars Friis lamented: "What tin you say? He's possibly the champion striker successful the world. He's satellite class. We felt we had bully hands connected him but past helium pops up with a extremity similar this."

City's triumph saw them set a caller Champions League record for games unbeaten successful the competition.

Their tally present stands astatine 26 - with past season's punishment shoot-out exit to Real Madrid not counted arsenic a decision by Uefa owed to some legs finishing arsenic draws successful regularisation time.