Haaland fires Norway to 2-1 win over Sweden

Erling Haaland struck a goal in each half to bring his international tally to 18 in 19 games as Norway beat Sweden 2-1 on Sunday to top Nations League Group after victories in the their opening two games. The visitors took the lead when Morten Thorsby was awarded a soft penalty by referee Anthony Taylor for some innocuous contact in the box by Emil Krafth. Haaland, who scored the winner against Serbia in their opening game, thumped the spot kick to the right of Robin Olsen in the 20th minute. Sweden’s only attempts on target in the opening 45 minutes came from a pair of Emil Forsberg free kicks just before the break, but despite a string of decent attacks and set pieces early in the second half, they couldn’t manage to fashion an equalizer.