Man City 2026 World Cup Watch: Erling Haaland makes Norway history in Senegal win | OneFootball

Erling Haaland has added another two goals to his FIFA World Cup tally with a brace against Senegal on Monday night to progress into the tournament’s knockout stages.

Norway secured their spot in the World Cup last 32 with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Senegal in New Jersey, maintaining a perfect start to their Group I campaign alongside France.

In a somewhat scrappy first half, Stale Solbakken’s side found the breakthrough via full-back Marcus Pedersen, who entered the fray as an early substitute and ruthlessly punished a poor clearance from Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly.

The clinical Erling Haaland then took complete control in the 48th minute, latching onto a defence-splitting through ball from Martin Ødegaard to double the advantage, scoring his third goal of the tournament and officially becoming Norway’s outright all-time top scorer in World Cup history.

Senegal responded with resilience, fighting back when Crystal Palace winger Ismaïla Sarr pulled a goal back to momentarily jeopardise Norway’s dominance. However, Haaland restored the two-goal cushion five minutes later, displaying poise to side-foot a controlled volley in off the crossbar.

The vital strike extended the Manchester City forward’s astonishing international scoring streak to 12 consecutive competitive matches for his country, while remarkably registering a brace in each of his last six outings.

Though a relentless Sarr struck deep into injury time to set up a frantic finish, he agonisingly headed a golden, last-second equaliser over the crossbar, leaving Senegal empty-handed and needing a big victory over Iraq in their group finale to stand any chance of qualification.

Erling Haaland match statistics vs Senegal

90 Minutes2 Goals23 Touches6 Accurate Passes55% Pass Accuracy9 Touches In Opposition Box4 Aerial Duels Won3 Shots On Target2 Chances Created1 Recovery1 Hit Woodwork1 Big Chance Missed1 Big Chance Created1 Pass Into Final Third

Data courtesy of FotMob.