Erling Braut Haaland scored his first international hat-trick as Norway cruised to victory against Romania.
Borussia Dortmund’s star striker was in devastating form and put the home side ahead inside 15 minutes.
Norway doubled their lead just before half-time thanks to a tapped-in effort from RB Leipzig’s Alexander Sorloth.
A slotted finish from six yards out and a sublime left-footed effort took Haaland’s tally for Norway to an impressive six goals in six games.
Norway, who lost to Serbia in their Euro 2020 play-off semi-final on Thursday, now sit top of Nations League Group B1 with Northern Ireland their next opponents.
Norway have scored in each of their past 18 matches since a 1-0 Nations League defeat by Bulgaria in September 2018 – their longest scoring streak since a run of 20 games from November 1950 to August 1953.
Line-ups
Norway
- 1Jarstein
- 14ElabdellaouiBooked at 61minsSubstituted forSvenssonat 79′minutes
- 6Strandberg
- 3Ajer
- 2Meling
- 10ØdegaardSubstituted forLinnesat 70′minutes
- 15Berge
- 21NormannSubstituted forMidtsjøat 70′minutes
- 11ElyounoussiSubstituted forHaugeat 85′minutes
- 23HaalandSubstituted forKingat 79′minutes
- 9Sørloth
Substitutes
- 4Østigard
- 5Rosted
- 7King
- 8Berg
- 12Hansen
- 13Løvseth Rossbach
- 16Svensson
- 17Linnes
- 18Midtsjø
- 19Henriksen
- 20Hauge
- 22Thorsby
Romania
- 12Tatarusanu
- 6Manea
- 15Andonie Burca
- 3Tosca
- 11BancuBooked at 84mins
- 8CicaldauSubstituted forStanciuat 75′minutes
- 2CretuSubstituted forMaximat 75′minutes
- 18Marin
- 19IancuSubstituted forAlibecat 90+1′minutes
- 9PuscasSubstituted forKeseruat 64′minutes
- 14HagiSubstituted forMitritaat 64′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Nita
- 4Hanca
- 5Balasa
- 7Alibec
- 10Maxim
- 13Keseru
- 16Lazar
- 17Deac
- 20Mitrita
- 21Grigore
- 22Malino Paulino
- 23Stanciu
Live Text
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Match ends, Norway 4, Romania 0.
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Second Half ends, Norway 4, Romania 0.
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Attempt missed. Claudiu Keseru (Romania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicusor Bancu.
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Attempt saved. Cristian Manea (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Substitution, Romania. Denis Alibec replaces Gabriel Iancu.
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Attempt missed. Claudiu Keseru (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
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Foul by Stefan Strandberg (Norway).
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Claudiu Keseru (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Norway. Conceded by Ciprian Tatarusanu.
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Attempt saved. Martin Linnes (Norway) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Substitution, Norway. Jens Petter Hauge replaces Mohamed Elyounoussi.
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Nicusor Bancu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Attempt blocked. Alexander Sørloth (Norway) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua King.
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Foul by Stefan Strandberg (Norway).
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Alexandru Mitrita (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt saved. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Norway) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonas Svensson.
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Substitution, Norway. Jonas Svensson replaces Omar Elabdellaoui.
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Substitution, Norway. Joshua King replaces Erling Haaland.
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Erling Haaland (Norway) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Alexandru Maxim (Romania).
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