Erling Haaland breaks Premier League all-time single-season scoring record
Erling Haaland broke the Premier League’s all-time single-season scoring record as he struck his 35th goal of the campaign in Manchester City’s 3-0 win over West Ham on Wednesday.
Already the holder of the 38-game season record, Haaland came into the game on 34 goals for the campaign, tied with Alan Shearer and Andy Cole for the most prolific season in competition history – despite the legendary duo doing so in 42-game seasons.
While Wednesday’s match was not always comfortable for Haaland, the Norwegian stoke the headlines with a sumptuous lob midway through the second half that gave City some breathing room and etched his name even further into the history books.
Haaland’s 35 goals are more than any player has ever managed in one Premier League campaign.
Despite the dominance Haaland has shown during his debut season in England, City boss Pep Guardiola believes the 22-year-old still has plenty of room to improve.
“Always I’ve said with Erling it will be tough when you look at what he has done and if he doesn’t score the goals like he’s scoring now people will say ‘Oh, he’s in a bad situation’ but his game can improve a lot,” the boss said before the game.
“We have spoken about that. The movements, I wouldn’t say in the box but the game itself. I think he has that feeling ‘is that enough?’ I think he has the desire to get better as a player, as long as he has it he can do it. To go to work knowing you can do something better is the way.
“He’s strong but the opponents are strong as well. Of course it’s tough for him but it’s tough for the central defenders. We would like to not make many of these types of actions, it means we play better.
“When you make these kinds of actions, it’s because you didn’t make a good build-up but sometimes when the game is like it was in certain minutes at Fulham, or a team makes challenges man-to-man like against Arsenal, these kind of actions happen. I think he likes it. He’s Norway – come on.”
Source: 90mins
