Erling Haaland has been praised for one thing he did against Newcastle as Man City ran out 2-0 winners at the Etihad this afternoon.

The Lowdown: City victorious...

The Blues secured a vital victory in their hunt for a third-successive Premier League crown, closing the gap on leaders Arsenal to just two points.

Phil Foden opened the scoring with a brilliant mazy run inside the first 45; taking four Newcastle players out of the equation with his close control before firing a deflected shot past Nick Pope.

City failed to grab the second for a long while and were nearly punished when Callum Wilson fluffed a close-range chance - with Joelinton later doing the same.

However, substitute Bernardo was then on hand to finally clinch all three points for Pep Guardiola - feeding off Haaland's flick to hammer a shot into the far corner.

The Latest: Media hail Haaland after time-wasting...

In an effort to maintain City's lead in stoppage time and keep his side up the pitch, Norway international Haaland was instrumental in winning corner after corner whilst frustrating the away side.

The striker won four corners in a row at one point whilst laughing to himself - even managing to get a Newcastle player booked in the process.

His play attracted praise from members of the media, who said:

They said:

"Erling Haaland doing it for the streets— back to back to back corner kicks Haaland at the heart of it. I know investors are happy." - Thierry Nyan, journalist (via Twitter).

"Haaland’s hilarious." - Jordan Elgott, BBC reporter (via Twitter)

"Grealish and Haaland having a bit of fun at these corners." - Henry Winter, The Times (via Twitter)

"Haaland and Grealish had Newcastle on strings at that corner flag..." - Footy Accumulators, news account (via Twitter)

The Verdict: Different player...

Apart from being a proven and clinical goal scorer, Haaland is improving other aspects of his game as well, like his all-round link up play.

Members of the media also praised the former Dortmund star in regards to his general build up, and going by his actions at the corner flag, he appears to be working on the more subtle aspects of football like time-wasting.

Haaland grabbed an assist on a brilliant afternoon for City and now attention turns to Crystal Palace in one week's time.