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Mohamed Toure needed just 40 seconds to open his account for the new season as the Socceroos striker picked up where he left off for club side Norwich.<\/p>\n
The Canaries kicked off the new campaign with a 4-1 win against League One outfit MK Dons in the opening round of the Carabao Cup with Toure\u2019s opening strike giving Norwich a dream start in front of their home fans at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n
\ufeffGet all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Toure was played in behind the defence by Scottish international Kenny McLean and fired a thumping strike into the back of the net before some fans were even settled in the seats.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old, who bagged nine goals and provided three assists in only 11 Championship appearances last season, has been a goalscoring machine for Norwich since joining the Championship club in January.<\/p>\n His stellar form led to him leading Australia\u2019s line against Turkiye and the USA at the World Cup before coming off the bench in the Round of 32 against Egypt.<\/p>\n In his first outing since the World Cup campaign, Toure showed no signs of complacency as he complemented his opening minute goal by providing a clever assist for Anis Ben Slimane\u2019s seventh minute goal that doubled Norwich\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very happy to be back out there at our home stadium and happy to get my first goal of the season,\u201d Toure said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe killed the game off early and we were in control for most of the game and we\u2019re just happy to progress now. <\/p>\n \u201cStarting the winning way is the most important and hopefully we can take it into the first league match next week.\u201d<\/p>\n Toure\u2019s performance was extra special given he swapped shirt numbers to pay tribute to injured teammate Ali Ahmed.<\/p>\n The Canadian international suffered an ACL injury in a pre-season friendly and in a touching gesture, Toure requested to switch from his usual No.37 to his close friend\u2019s No.21 for the season.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it was amazing [to score wearing the shirt],\u201d Toure said. \u201cI felt like I felt for him when he went down last week here, I felt like I could just the smallest thing I could do for him was to weigh his number for him this season and show him that he is still a part of the squad and getting the goal I would say for him today was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n \ufeffItalian giants play out Perth thriller in front of bumper crowd… as Aussie transfer link addressed<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \ufeff\u2018Didn\u2019t know!\u2019: Hollywood club\u2019s reality check as $19m star left red faced in 10-man drama<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n