In a league of his own! Haaland has a Premier League scoring record all to himself
Statistics sometimes flatter great players. In the case of Erling Haaland, they simply confirm that the Premier League currently has one goalscorer, and then everyone else.
Details: Erling Haaland is the only player to have scored more than 30 goals in the Premier League since the start of last season. The Manchester City striker has 31, a mark no other footballer in England has reached over the same stretch.
The Norwegian keeps producing numbers that belong in video games. This weekend he decided the Manchester derby at Old Trafford, his ninth league goal of the new campaign, a strike that briefly sparked controversy before VAR published proof the goal was legitimate. That finish also made Haaland the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Manchester derby, moving him past icons Sergio Aguero and Wayne Rooney. A week earlier he had already celebrated his 300th career club goal, and in the Champions League he sits on a barely believable 59 goals in 59 matches, a pace even Kylian Mbappe never matched at the same age. Under Enzo Maresca, City have won every match this season, and their machine-like attack is built entirely around the 26-year-old phenomenon. Thirty-one league goals while the rest of the division's stars, Salah, Isak, Saka and company, remain stuck in the twenties: the Golden Boot race looks decided before autumn has properly begun.
It's worth noting that Haaland holds the Premier League record for goals in a single season, and he remains one of the few players in history to score 30 or more in multiple English top flight campaigns.
Reminder: Questions answered. VAR publishes proof that Haaland's goal was legitimate.
Miguel Solomons
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