Erling Haaland

2022 - 10 - 6

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Man City boss Pep Guardiola told one key area Erling Haaland is ... (Manchester Evening News)

The Norwegian has been on fire since arriving in the summer from Borussia Dortmund, with a brace against Copenhagen taking his tally to 19 in 12 games.

But Haaland will have the chance to take Mesi's record under Guardiola outright when City welcome Southampton to the Etihad on Saturday. That brace - the first a ferocious, lashed effort and the second an instinctive tap-in - saw the 22-year-old match Lionel Messi for the longest scoring run under Pep Guardiola’s management. He is breaking all kinds of records and sure enough another one was ticked off against the Danish champions in his action-packed 45-minute cameo.

Premier League records beware: Erling Haaland has landed (The Guardian)

Alan Shearer, Andy Cole and Sergio Agüero will have their names replaced in the record books if Haaland keeps this up.

As for his fellow countrymen, Haaland has surpassed Steffen Iversen and Josh King, who both scored two hat-tricks in the Premier League, and matched Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who scored three in his 235 Premier League appearances. If Haaland keeps scoring hat-tricks at this frequency, he will break Agüero’s record of 12 in the Premier League – which he set over the course of a decade – by the end of April. [against Fulham on the opening weekend of the season](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/aug/06/fulham-liverpool-premier-league-match-report). Shearer scored five hat-tricks for Blackburn in the 1995-96 season, which remains a record for a single campaign. If Haaland continues at his current rate of 1.75 goals per game, he will rack up 66 goals this season, almost doubling the existing Premier League record of 34 that was set by Andy Cole in 1993-94 and matched by Shearer the following year. [Three goals against Manchester United on Sunday](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/02/manchester-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report) means that Haaland has scored 14 in his first eight Premier League matches, which includes the unique achievement of consecutive hat-tricks in three home league games. [City’s first match of the season](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/aug/07/west-ham-manchester-city-premier-league-match-report) then scored a further seven times in his next four games, breaking the record – previously shared by Sergio Agüero and Micky Quinn – for the most goals scored in a player’s first five games in the competition. Haaland is more than halfway to that number already with 31 games to play this season – and he will take a four-week rest while many of his opponents are in Qatar for the World Cup. The Englishman scored three hat-tricks in the space of 10 matches between November 1994 and February 1995; Haaland has sliced that milestone in half. For individual hat-tricks in the last five years, only Agüero with six, and Raheem Sterling and Salah with four each, have scored more than Haaland. In fact, in the last five years, City have racked up more than the combined total of Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, who have amassed 16 between them. You could say that Erling Haaland has hit the ground running.

Ex Barcelona Forward Luis Suarez Chooses Between Kylian ... (Sports Brief)

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Barcelona legend Luis Suarez has revealed who between Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland he'd pick in his team.

The 9 scorer, the 9 that makes a difference. [Kylian Mbappe](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/kylian-mbapp/) and Erling Haaland he would [pick in his team.](https://sportsbrief.com/football/paris-saint-germain/23412-thierry-henry-reveals-pick-erling-haaland-kylian-mbappe/) [Manchester City](https://sportsbrief.com/football/manchester-city/) in the summer. I am 9, I prefer 9. [opened up on the secret](https://sportsbrief.com/football/manchester-city/25135-erling-haaland-finally-reveals-secret-incredible-goal-scoring-run/) behind his incredible run of form. "They are different.

Erling Haaland: Man City striker tops Champions League and ... (Sky Sports)

Will Man City striker Erling Haaland smash the all-time Premier League Golden Boot goal record of 32 goals in a 38-game season set by Mohamed Salah in 2018?

If rested in Copenhagen, he can focus on the Premier League for much of October. This does not feel like a hot streak, just the inevitable result of ice-cold finishing and a talent for the ages. The striker's current goal-rate sets him on course to finish the season on 108 goals in all competitions - if he were to maintain his strike-rate, game time and reach all finals. Domestically, we are already reaching beyond the Premier League for comparisons. but, the Norwegian is clearly set to break more records - and there is a growing sense he will rewrite the record scales entirely. There were no cheers but that was it - his second pass of the night. A coach who has built his success on a passing game now boasts the world's most formidable forward and yet he hardly passes the ball at all. Will Man City striker Erling Haaland smash the all-time Premier League Golden Boot goal record of 32 goals in a 38-game season set by Mohamed Salah in 2018? Play for free, entries by 3pm Saturday. Incredibly, this scoring phenomenon already had his second goal of the night by then. He hardly touches it at all. Haaland appears to be genuinely unstoppable when in full flow.

Erling Haaland: Man City star has more CL goals than 13 world ... (GiveMeSport)

Erling Braut Haaland is a goalscoring machine. The 22-year-old touched down on English shores in the summer with a glowing reputation after his exploits at ...

How do you stop Erling Haaland? It seems impossible but here are ... (The Sun)

Man City have played eight games this season in the Premier League. Haaland has scored three hat-tricks, the quickest player to ever achieve this feat.