Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is a class that can be compared to the standard of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to finding the net after scoring twice on his return from injury in a 4-1 win at Southampton on Saturday. 

Victory took City to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. Haaland has now scored 44 times in his debut season with the English champions, including 30 in 27 Premier League appearances. The Norwegian's second goal was special as the giant striker acrobatically volleyed home Jack Grealish's cross with an overhead kick.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is at the standard of Messi and Ronaldo when it comes to finding the net. 

Pep mesmerized by Haaland's scoring ability said, "The second goal was amazing. It is not easy to pick the ball up in the sky and put it on the grass." Messi coached Messi for four years as Barcelona coach.

Pep added saying, "As a top scorer we lived two incredible decades with Ronaldo and Messi. But I feel Haaland is also is on that level. He scores a lot of goals. I am very happy with 65 minutes after injury and he helped us again."

Guardiola was true to his word that he was not thinking about Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg against Bayern Munich as Haaland's return from a groin injury was the only change from the side that thrashed Liverpool 4-1 last weekend.