Haaland scores twice as Man City make history under new boss Maresca

Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, 17 October 2026, Sky Sports reported. Phil Foden put City ahead in the 19th minute, and Daizen Maeda equalised for Ipswich two minutes later. Erling Haaland then scored in the 34th and 69th minutes.

Sky Sports said Haaland's apparent third goal was ruled out by VAR for an offside in the build-up, and Ipswich were awarded a penalty for a foul by Marc Guehi, converted by Zian Flemming in the 90th minute.

The result meant Enzo Maresca became the first manager to win his first seven Premier League games in charge of a new club, Sky Sports reported. Maresca said: "Very happy. It's a matter of winning games in this business. Then day by day, we're improving." Ipswich manager Gary O'Neil said: "Really disappointed."

The photograph above shows Erling Haaland playing for Manchester City in a Champions League match in February 2023, not action from this fixture. Credit: Jacek Stanislawek, Erling Haaland 2023 (cropped), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

Sources: Sky Sports.