City with Haaland is just too good - they seem unstoppable at this point. He's exactly the type of player they needed - a no-nonsense, high workrate quality forward option that will have a million of good passes to chase and convert.
He's got 3 hattricks in 8 games - I heard somewhere that the record for 3 hattricks before him was like 40+ games or something. He's not going to the WC so he'll be well rested - he looks set to break all the scoring records this year.
Haaland is like a Monster on the opponent's goal line. always in position and can hit the ball with any part of the foot. He was as big as a rugby player, agile as a gymnast, and terrifying to any goalkeeper who saw him gliding towards them. we can watch history unfold before us week after week.
I always thought that after the era of Messi and Cr7, nobody could come who could play at such a high level like them, but Haaland is currently proving the opposite and as you write, City needed a striker like him. Arsenal are currently in first place, but will they be able to maintain their performance like City? I think at Christmas Manchester City will have the 1st place at the latest.
the two young players that are shining right now are Haaland and Mbappe, I can see them as Cr7 and Messi, too bad they're not playing in the same league tho, but they will, Haaland said that he wants to play in all the big leagues, probably like 2 years in each one, we'll see a fight for the goalscorer just like we used to see Messi and Ronaldo fight for.