Manchester City striker Erling Haaland admits he and Kevin de Bruyne have a special connection.

De Bruyne laid on Haaland's second in their 2-0 win against Everton.

The striker said, “I try to do the same runs with everyone, but with him it's a bit more like I know I'm going to get it perfect. I know the ball is going to come.

“You can see I don't even look at the ball for two seconds when he has it because I'm focusing on running towards the goal.

“That's the difference, nothing bad towards other players, but it's the small difference of knowing that the ball will come.

“It's more natural. For me, I watch a lot of football so I already saw for a number of years where he plays the ball and he hasn't changed anything about where he plays it in the last five years.

“For me it was about coming in and finishing those actions."