He has now surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo. Kylian Mbappé. Ruud van Nistelrooy. He has been playing Premier League football since August 2022. And Erling Braut Haaland continues to smash records. On Sunday, it was Wolverhampton who were allowed to avoid debt. After 40 minutes of play, Haaland rose into the air and met a perfect Kevin De Bruyne cross. Wolverhampton stopper Nathan Collins was crushed in the air, and Haaland easily nodded in 1-0. – You can stop him three or four times, but he always creates chances for himself. You can’t stop him one on one, you have to defend against him as a team, as a unit, says Collins, who lost the duel on the 1-0 score, to Viaplay. But he was far from finished. Hat trick number four The same man made it 2-0 from the penalty spot just after the break, and just a few minutes later he completed the hat trick after a serious error in the Wolves defence. Riyad Mahrez unselfishly rolled the ball to Haaland, who easily slotted wide for 3-0. – He just keeps scoring. You can see his qualities and I’m very happy for him, says Manchester City defender John Stones to Sky Sports after the match. See Haaland’s hat trick here: With three new goals on his account, Haaland was replaced to a standing ovation from the home fans after an hour of play. The Norwegian now has 25 goals in 19 league games. – He punishes you so hard. He doesn’t let any opportunity pass him by. He is deadly in the box. An outstanding footballer, says former England player Stephen Warnock on the BBC’s radio broadcast. This was Haaland’s fourth hat trick in the league this season. He is “only” one hat trick away from surpassing the man who has done it the most times in one season: Alan Shearer in the 1995/96 season. It took Haaland 19 games to score his fourth hat trick. The fastest to four hat tricks before that measured in number of matches was former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. He spent 65 (!) matches. Haaland is also close to becoming Manchester City’s top scorer in a Premier League season: He is one goal away from Sergio Agüero’s 26 goals in the 2014/15 season. THREE – FOR THE FOURTH TIME: Erling Braut Haaland scored his fourth hat trick of the season on Sunday. Photo: JASON CAIRNDUFF / Reuters Best for several years Now he has not only surpassed the top scorers in the Premier League from last season: He is the highest scoring player in the Premier League since the 2017/18 season. In his debut season. And it’s still January. Haaland has actually single-handedly scored more league goals than clubs such as Chelsea (22), West Ham (17) and Everton (15). Not since Liverpool star Mohamed Salah hammered home 32 goals in the 2017/18 season has the Premier League seen a more clinical goalscorer. With 18 league rounds left in the season, it is by no means unlikely that Haaland surpasses the 32 net figures. LAST YEAR’S TOP SCORERS: Mohamed Salah was joint top scorer last season with Tottenham’s Son Heung-min. Then they ended up with 23 goals. Photo: CARL RECINE / Reuters Alan Shearer is the top scorer in one and the same season since the start of the Premier League in 1992. In the aforementioned 1994/95 season, he scored 34 goals for Blackburn Rovers. Haaland is now nine goals away from equaling that record. In the fact box below you can see the top scorers from the last five seasons: Top scorer in the Premier League in the last six seasons 2017/18: Mohamed Salah – 32 goals 2018/19: Mohamed Salah – 22 goals 2019/20: Jamie Vardy – 23 goals 2020/21 : Harry Kane – 23 goals 2021/22: Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min – 23 goals 2022/23: Erling Braut Haaland – 25 goals (as of 22.01.23) – It’s getting ridiculous, writes Gary Lineker on Twitter and aims to Haaland’s crazy goal tally this season. If you include all the games Haaland has played for Manchester City this season, he has scored 31 goals in 26 games. There were no more goals after Haaland was replaced, and Manchester City took a comfortable 3-0 victory. They thus put some pressure on league leader Arsenal before their big game against Manchester United at 17.30. Haaland & co. are now only two points behind, but Arsenal have two games less played. You can follow the match between Arsenal and Manchester United, with Martin Ødegaard from the start, in news’s results service.
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