Erling Haaland breaks 30-year-old Premier League Record with Landmark Man City goal
Manchester City may have dropped more Premier League points over the weekend, drawing 2-2 with Brighton & Hove Albion to ensure that their remaining focus is now simply qualifying for the Champions League-List Fifth consecutive title has long disappeared.
But Erling Haaland scored a big turning point for 11 minutes in a game at Etihad Stadium. Norwegian Converted early punishment to give City a lead who soon surrendered.
For Haalanda, it was his 84th Premier League goal and, in combination with 16 assists, his 100 goals in the competition after the arrival of 2022.
This turning point was achieved in just 94 games, what a Premier league Records for the least get there, beating many goals legends.
The previous record for 100 goalkeepers was held by Alan Shearer, whose 79 goals and 21 assists for Blackburn Rovers have come in 100 games in the early years of the Premier League.
Eric Cantona received 100 goals in 116 games for Leeds United and Manchester United, the same number as the current Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. Manchester City The Sergio Aguero icon needed 118 games, and the hero of Arsenal Thierry Henry arrived until the century in 121.
Rounding the first ten on the list of all the least games to 100 premier league goals are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Les Ferdinand and Andrew Cole.
Haaland Is the player in the first ten with the biggest shares of goals as part of his 100 skills with 84% of those he scored, instead of set up for others – a reminder of why he considered one of one of one of The best attackers in the world. Cantona, meanwhile, was not 50/50 divided through the first 100, reaching 58 and helping 42.
The next turning point for Haaland is 100 goals in the Premier League, which is now 16 away. It is only a truly glittering ending this season to bring him there before the end of the campaign, but he will probably come in early 2025/26, and another speed record can also be killed.
Shearer is still the fastest in the 100 times in the competition, scoring that turning point in 1995 after 124 premier league appearances. Given the speed at which he achieved the first 84, Haaland will absolutely break that brand soon.
Player |
Goals/assists |
Games |
---|---|---|
Erling Haaland |
84/16 |
94 |
Alan Shearer |
79/21 |
100 |
Eric Canton |
58/42 |
116 |
Mohamed Salah |
73/27 |
116 |
Sergio Aguero |
77/23 |
118 |
Thierry Henry |
71/29 |
121 |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
70/30 |
122 |
Les Ferdinand |
77/23 |
126 |
Andrew Cole |
72/28 |
127 |