Just as good as possible Erling Haaland and how many scoring records will City of Manchester striker rest? Liked by Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Sergio Aguero and Alan Shearer are anxiously waiting to find out the answer.
Since completing the £51 million transfer from Borussia Dortmund Arriving at Man City this summer, Haaland has scored a remarkable 19 goals in 12 appearances for Pep Guardiola’s side. With struggle Southampton next at Etihad on Saturday there is a real prospect of old Molde and FC Salzburg forward scored a hat trick in four consecutive home Premier League games.
Right in this season, Haaland rewrote the record book in a Man City shirt. He has eclipsed club legend Aguero by scoring in nine consecutive games – Aguero has only got eight in a row on two occasions – he’s reached 10 Premier League goals in the fastest time (six match) and was the first player to score in his game. the first four away games of the Premier League.
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Haaland’s father, Alfie, a former Man City midfielder, recently said in the documentary “Haaland: The Big Decision” that his son could move around Europe’s major leagues during his career. himself: “I think Erling wants to prove his ability in all the tournaments. Then he can be there. [Manchester City] three or four years at most. For example, he could be 2 and a half years in Germany, 2 and a half years in England and then in Spain, Italy, France, right? “
The clock may be ticking Erling Haaland’s chance to break major records in England, but after such an extraordinary start to his career at the Etihad, the 22-year-old certainly has a chance. scored a few more pounds before he hung up his City shirt. Here’s what he should keep an eye on.
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The fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Premier League
Shearer (whose name will be mentioned a few times in this article) holds the record as the fastest player to score 100 Premier League goals, hitting the century mark in 124 games with Blackburn Rovers during the 1995-96 season. .
Shearer’s exploits for Blackburn helped the club win the Premier League title in the 1994–95 season, when he scored 34 goals in a season spanning 42 games, and he later became an expensive footballer. world with a record 15 million pounds transferred to Newcastle United Football Club in August 1996.
At the current pace of attack, Haaland could need at least two-quarters of a season to hit 100 Premier League goals. But he has scored 14 goals in eight games, so Shearer’s record is definitely one he can break.
Fastest player to score three hat-tricks in the Premier League
Haaland claimed the record for himself last Sunday after becoming the first Manchester City player to score a hat trick in the net. Manchester United since Francis Lee in 1970 – Phil Foden then become the second person to do so in the same game.
Haaland needed just eight Premier League games to score three hat-tricks, and the magnitude of his feat was marked by the fact that he usurped the record of Michael Owen, who scored his third Premier League hat trick. League for Liverpool in his 48th game.
Most goals in a Premier League season
Shearer and Andy Cole share a record 34 goals in a single Premier League season, although both scored that number in a 42-game campaign, with Cole managing it for Newcastle in 1993-94 and Shearer doing the same with Blackburn in 1994-95.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah holds the record for most goals in 38 league games, scoring 32 in 2017-18, but both the 34 and 32 goals are under serious threat from Haaland this season.
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Craig Burley and Steve Nicol marvel at Erling Haaland’s first five Premier League games.
All-time Premier League goalscorer
Shearer remains the Premier League’s top scorer, despite the last of 260 goals in 441 league games during the 2005-06 season against Newcastle.
Rooney, who scored 208 Premier League goals in 491 games with Everton and Manchester United before retiring, is the only striker to break the 200-goal barrier, although Tottenham Harry Kane (190 games from 290) is closing in on that milestone and will likely overhaul Shearer’s record, as he’s still only 29 years old.
Shearer’s record is even more remarkable as he didn’t play his first Premier League game until the age of 22 – having scored 22 goals in the former First Division with Southampton – and he suffered both cruciate ligament and eye injuries. serious ankle. injuries during his peak years at Blackburn and Newcastle.
Let’s remove those injuries, and add in the top 22 goals Shearer scored before the Premier League started in 1992-93, and the former England captain may have scored more than 300 goals for the club. the set.
If Haaland were to come close to Shearer’s record, even if he had stayed at City for six seasons, he would have had to average more than 43 goals a season to hit the 260-goal mark.
Most hat-tricks in the Premier League
Aguero has the most hat tricks in the Premier League, with his ex Argentina scored 12 international goals for Man City during his 10 years at Etihad.
But, having scored three hat-tricks for City, Haaland could erase Aguero from the record books if he continues at this pace and spends just three full seasons at the club.
Most goals in the Manchester derby
Rooney is the top scorer in the Manchester derby, with 11 goals in all competitions for United against Man City.
Joe Hayes and Lee were City’s top scorers in the game with 10 goals each, but with three goals in a game (thanks to a hat trick in the recent 6-3 win), Haaland has could quickly eliminate both players and Rooney to become the top scorer in the Manchester derby.
Most goals in Champions League
Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with 140 goals for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. It’s a record that many thought could never be beaten due to Ronaldo’s incredible consistency.
However, Haaland is emerging as a real threat and will not need to stay at City to break that record. By scoring twice in Man City’s 5-0 win over FC Copenhagen This week, Haaland has scored 28 Champions League goals in 22 appearances for FC Salzburg, Dortmund and City.
If he leaves City in the coming years, you can safely assume that Haaland will only play for Champions League heavyweights, so he will still score plenty of goals in Europe.
But Ronaldo’s record is formidable – the 37-year-old also tops the charts for most Champions League appearances (183) – and Haaland needs to be playing regularly over the next 10 years to have any chance of breaking it. broken. it. And he has to stay healthy.
Most Champions League goals in a season
Ronaldo may hold his all-time Champions League record, but he may be forced to wave goodbye to the record.
In Real Madrid’s journey to 2013-14 Champions League glory, Ronaldo scored 17 goals in 11 games for the La Liga side, and that’s still a single season record.
But Haaland has scored five goals in three European games for Man City this season, so if Pep Guardiola’s side go deep into the league – with a total of 13 possible appearances – Ronaldo’s tally could be disrupted. blurred.
The English record is considered unbreakable
Every football enthusiast growing up in the UK has heard of the legendary Dixie Dean.
Dean scored 60 goals in 39 games for Everton in the old First Division during the 1927-28 season, and no one has yet been able to beat that record, before or after.
Aston VillaTom Waring’s Tom Waring scored 49 goals during the 1930-31 season, and that’s almost the same as anyone who has ever emulated Dean, who was immortalized in a statue outside Goodison Park.
But can Haaland achieve the unthinkable and surpass 60 goals? He has scored 14 goals in eight Premier League games for Man City, so his strike rate is 1.75 goals per game. If he maintains that form in 38 games, he could score 66 goals this season.
It’s still very unlikely, but the fact that Dean’s profile is even mentioned in relation to Haaland underscores how remarkable of a talent he is.
