Another Premier League game, another goals record for Erling Haaland!
With his goal against Liverpool on Saturday, the Norwegian became the Premier League’s quickest player to 50 goals.
It took him only 48 matches to accomplish the milestone, which was 17 games faster than Andrew Cole’s previous record established in 1994. After scoring 36 goals and breaking the record for most goals in a Premier League season in his debut season last year, our No.9 is back on top of the Golden Boot race.
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The 23-year-old tops a star-studded list of strikers, with Alan Shearer (66) Ruud van Nistelrooy (68) Fernando Torres and Mohamed Salah (72) all behind Haaland when it comes to being fastest to 50.
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It is a target Haaland looked likely to reach for a while given his prowess in front of the goal. His 36 goals last season, his first in the Premier League, is also a record for a single campaign.
The Norway international hit the ground running for City after joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, establishing himself as a key figure in the side that won the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup last year to claim the famous Treble.
Haaland will now be chasing down Shearer in getting to 100 goals. The Premier League’s all-time top scorer took 124 games to reach his century.
He has 14 strikes in just 12 league appearances so far this season – having already notched a hat-trick against Fulham in September. Recently he hit his 20th away goal in the Premier League, requiring 24 matches to do so and therefore becoming the fastest player to that milestone.
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