Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New Jersey Stadium to secure their place in the last 32.
Manchester City forward Haaland now has four goals in two games at the tournament. He has now scored twice as many goals (four) as any other Norway player in World Cup history.
Mendy allowed Pedersen’s low drive to creep under him after a dreadful mistake from skipper Kalidou Koulibaly to put Norway ahead.
The 25-year-old was quiet for much of the first half, but showed his quality after the first half break when he buried an emphatic finish past Mendy to add to the two goals he scored in Norway’s opening 4-1 victory over Iraq from a Odegaard through pass.
Senegal clawed their way back in the 53rd minute as Sarr showed great composure to poke home after tumbling to the ground following a clever flick into the area by Sadio Mane. However, Koulibaly’s failure to clear the ball out of his own box gave Haaland a chance to steer a volley in off the crossbar from Patrick Berg’s cross in the 58th minute..
Sarr’s got his second goal of the night. The goal helped him become the first Senegalese player to score at two different World Cups, but wasn’t enough to win any point for Senegal.
Haaland, who increased his astonishing international goals tally to 59 in 52 games, has now scored in 12 consecutive competitive matches for Norway, registering at least two goals in each of the past six.
Senegal must beat Iraq in their last group game to have any chance of reaching the knockout stage.
