Norway 3-2 Senegal player ratings: Haaland and Odegaard star as Vikings seal last-32 spot

Norway produced a ascendant show to defeat Senegal 3-2 astatine MetLife Stadium successful New York connected Sunday, booking their spot successful the World Cup past 32 with a maximum six points aft 2 radical games.

Erling Haaland was the standout performer, scoring doubly to instrumentality his tourney tally to 4 goals and found himself arsenic the starring Norwegian scorer successful World Cup history. Martin Odegaard was besides fantabulous throughout, driving the crippled guardant and contributing the assistance for Haaland's second.

Senegal showed tone and Ismaila Sarr's finishing quality kept the contention alive, but antiaircraft errors — astir notably from Kalidou Koulibaly — proved costly. Norway present look France successful a consecutive combat for apical spot successful Group I successful their last radical fixture.

Norway subordinate ratings

Orjan Nyland — 5/10

Julian Ryerson — N/R

Substituted done wounded aft conscionable 12 minutes. A interest for Norway heading into the remainder of the tournament.

Kristoffer Ajer — 6/10

Torbjorn Heggem — 5/10

David Moller Wolfe — 6/10

Sander Berge — 6/10

Martin Odegaard — 8/10

Despite wasting a gilt-edged one-on-one accidental against Edouard Mendy, Odegaard delivered a highly influential show successful the mediate of the park, quickening the tempo and making Norway tick. He drove guardant to motorboat the counter-attack that led to Haaland's 2nd and provided the assistance for the extremity itself.

Fredrik Aursnes — 6.5/10

Alexander Solorth — 5/10

Antonio Nusa — 6/10

Erling Haaland — 8.5/10

Two World Cup appearances, 4 goals, and already the all-time starring scorer for Norway astatine the tournament. Haaland was each inch the big-game striker connected Sunday. He opened his relationship successful a accelerated counter-attack and past completed a debased Berg transverse with his weaker close ft for the third. He could person claimed a hat-trick had helium not squandered a wide accidental aft forcing a Mendy error, and arguably deserved an assistance for the clever flick-on that sent Odegaard done connected goal.

SUBSTITUTES

Marcus Pedersen — 7/10

Stepped disconnected the seat and made an contiguous impact. Capitalised connected a antiaircraft mistake to get successful the container and slot location for the opening extremity successful first-half stoppage time, earlier delivering the transverse that acceptable up Haaland's third.

Patrick Berg — 6.5/10

Supplied the decisive debased transverse for Norway's 3rd goal.

Leo Ostigard — N/R

Oscar Bobb — N/R

Senegal subordinate ratings

Edouard Mendy — 4.5/10

Produced fantabulous saves to contradict Odegaard and Ajer successful the opening period, but was beaten excessively easy by Pedersen's onslaught and handed Haaland a wide opening successful a costly infinitesimal of indecision.

Krepin Diatta — 5/10

Kalidou Koulibaly — 3/10

An evening to hide for the experienced centre-back. His effort to intercept Odegaard's walk talented Pedersen the opening goal, earlier a mediocre archetypal interaction successful his ain country presented Berg with possession up of Haaland's third.

Moussa Niakhate — 6/10

El Hadji Malick Diouf — 4/10

Idrissa Gueye — 6/10

One of Senegal's fewer agleam sparks. Contributed to the build-up play, attempted ambitious passes and created the determination that led to Sarr's archetypal extremity with a penetrating walk done the Norway defence.

Pape Gueye — 5/10

Lamine Camara — 6/10

Ismaila Sarr — 7/10

Scored some of Senegal's goals and showed a crisp instinct successful beforehand of goal. Could conceivably person scored 4 connected the nighttime — a precocious header sailed implicit erstwhile it mightiness person recovered the net, and helium went adjacent connected different occasion.

Sadio Mane — 5.5/10

Provided the assistance for Sarr's archetypal with a superb touch, but that was a uncommon infinitesimal of prime successful an different subdued performance.

Nicolas Jackson — 5.5/10

Delivered the different Senegalese assist, with a clever layoff successful the country earlier Sarr converted for 3-2.

SUBSTITUTES

Ismail Jakobs — 4/10

Ibrahim Mbaye — 5.5/10

Mory Diaw — 5/10

Pathe Ciss — 5.5/10

Cleared Oscar Bobb's effort disconnected the enactment to forestall what would person been Norway's 4th goal.

Pape Sarr — 5/10