Pep Guardiola backed Erling Haaland to reach goal figures like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after the Manchester City striker added to his “ridiculous” record with a hat-trick against Ipswich.The 24-year-old scored his 10th treble in sky blue as the reigning Premier League champions bounced back from Sammie Szmodics’ shock opener for Kieran McKenna’s promoted side.Haa

Wycombe manager Matt Bloomfield was pleased with his side’s resilience after they beat Rotherham 2-0 to earn their first League One win of the season.Debutant Cameron Humphreys and Kieran Sadlier struck at Adams Park, ending a run of back-to-back 3-2 defeats to Wrexham and Birmingham respectively.Bloomfield said: “I’m really pleased with the performance as we dominated possession

Watford manager Tom Cleverley hailed veteran Moussa Sissoko for the goal that clinched a 2-1 win at home to Derby and kept his side’s 100 per cent start to the season intact.Ebou Adams volleyed the Rams into an early lead but Vakoun Bayo replied with an outrageous scissor-kick on the half-hour.Sissoko had the last word, scoring on the rebound in the 76th minute to make it three Championship

Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin was delighted to secure a 2-0 William Hill Premiership win against St Johnstone but was raging over Adama Sidibeh.The Terrors netted through Luca Stephenson after 54 minutes and a Jack Sanders own goal a minute before time.In between those goals, Saints were reduced to 10 men when Sidibeh received his marching orders for a second yellow and was then shown another str

David Gray criticised Hibernian’s inability to keep the back door shut after they missed the opportunity to notch their first William Hill Premiership victory of the season by conceding a late equaliser at home to Dundee.The Hibees – who had lost four of their previous five matches in all competitions – looked on course for a much-needed win when goals from Martin Boyle and subst

Regis Le Bris has challenged match-winner Romaine Mundle to hit the repeat button to succeed at Sunderland after his performance against Burnley.Mundle was introduced to the starting line-up after the Black Cats agreed to sell Jack Clarke to Ipswich in a deal worth more than £15million.And the 21-year-old grabbed his opportunity in style with a stirring start against the Clarets which includ

New Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom praised Will Keane’s professionalism amid transfer speculation after his winning goal fired North End to a 1-0 Championship victory over Luton.In Heckingbottom’s first match in charge of the Lilywhites, Keane bagged his first goal of the season in the 39th minute to secure three points against one of the division’s favourites for promotion.West

Blackburn head coach John Eustace lauded his matchwinner after Arnor Sigurdsson’s late goal secured a 2-1 win over Oxford.The U’s took the lead in the 44th minute through Mark Harris’ astonishing 30-yard volley which saw the striker continue his streak of scoring in every Championship game this season.But Oxford’s joy was short-lived as Joe Rankin-Costello’s smart tur

Gillingham boss Mark Bonner was pleased despite his side being held to a goalless draw away to Fleetwood.The Gills went top despite just picking up a point on their travels to the Lancashire coast.“It’s a really good point,” said Bonner.“It’s one that we are definitely going to respect because it was as tough a game as we thought it would be.“It was really hard

Simon Weaver saluted Harrogate’s performance after they claimed a 1-0 win at Colchester.Sam Folarin grabbed Town’s winner in the 68th minute when he capitalised on a mix-up between Colchester goalkeeper Matt Macey and defender Rob Hunt and tapped into the vacant net.Colchester created the vast majority of the game’s chances, but Harrogate defended well to secure victory.Weaver sa