If Erling Haaland has more games like Saturday's 3-1 Community Shield loss to Liverpool, where he missed two clear chances, you can expect the knee-jerk reactions to flood in like spam after leaving your email on a dubious website:
"This ain't the Bundesliga; this is next level."
"Pep Guardiola's Manchester City work best without a recognized striker."
"There's too much pressure on the biggest stage in the football world."
So let's get out in front of this before things get a little silly. And, yes, they may well get really silly, really quick.