Last season which also happened to be Erling Haaland's first season as a Manchester City player, he had a very great performance and scored a lot of goals that saw him break so many goalscoring records in England and Europe but despite scoring 17 English Premier League goals in 21 games, the Norwegian hasn't been as prolific as he was last season in the English Premier League.
He is a beast goal scorer and in his first season for Manchester City in Premier League, he created big surprises for many coaches and players. In the last season, we saw his scoring rate began to slower in second half of season and this season is a little bit worse. I believe coaches and defensive players in Premier League did more forensic analysis through videos of Haaland matches so they have been able to control him better.
Since he returned back from injury, he's struggled to make impacts during Manchester City games but that wasn't the case last night when Manchester City travelled to Luton for the English FA Cup game.
Injuries require players to be away a long time and they need time for recovery, get back to training and actual matches. It is normal if they, includes Haaland, can not get back to his best performances after an injury.
Erling Haaland was simply in his beast mode last night as he scored four goals in that game but that wasn't the only goodnews for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as his midfield maestro Kelvin De Bruyne was also on fire last night as he provided the assist for three of Manchester City goals.
If this performance marks a return of a beast, many teams in Premier League and Champions League will not like this fact. They will have to face with a stronger Manchester City with Haaland is on fire. More than that, the performances of Kevin De Bruyne is another dangerous attacking support for Manchester City. One of best attacking midfielders is back and provide more attacking power for them.