'I want England to do well', says Haaland after Three Lions end Norway's dream run

Despite taking a first-half lead through Andreas Schjelderup, the Three Lions fought back with Jude Bellingham scoring twice to send The Vikings crashing out of their first World Cup in 28 years.

The Manchester City striker was born in Leeds, where his father, Alf-Inge Haaland, played for Leeds United, and said it was only natural for him to support England.

"Yeah, why not? I have a few City lads in England (James Trafford, Marc Guehi, Nico O'Reilly and John Stones), in France (Rayan Cherki), and in Spain (Rodri), so of course I want England to do well," he told reporters.

"I've been supporting them (for a long time). I think I got an England jersey before I got a Norway jersey when I was young. Of course I want people to do well because it's a nice country and it's a nice shirt."

Haaland has been in sensational form for his country and scored seven goals in the tournament to put him in contention for the Golden Boot alongside France's Kylian Mbappe, Argentina's Lionel Messi and England's Harry Kane.

The 25-year-old equalled Poland's Grzegorz Lato's record for the number of goals scored on his World Cup debut, and said it was "difficult" to comprehend what his team have achieved.

"It's kind of difficult to take in, this kind of a show, or a rollercoaster we've been in now for the last six weeks because we've had so much, and it's been so much pressure, so much feeling.

"I think we're there now (at the top level). I think this changes Norway. I think it’s about maintaining this because we've shown that it’s possible," he said.

"We've shown that possible to be one of the biggest football nations in the world.

"We gave England a good fight. In the end, I'm just proud. I've been so proud every single day here now since we qualified, and since being in the US."