Erling Haaland's Man City goals and the records broken
The Norwegian goal machine is rewriting the record books... and here are just some of the records he has shattered so far
Erling Haaland has been finding the net at a historic pace since joining Manchester City in the summer. And Telegraph Sport has taken a look at his goals so far... and all the records the Norwegian scoring sensation has broken along the way.
Goal one: vs West Ham (a), Aug 7, Premier League
Haaland was brought down in the box by West Ham's substitute keeper Alphonse Areola and took the penalty himself, slamming it into the bottom corner.
Record: Became only the second player in the Premier League to win and then score a penalty on his debut.
Goal two, vs West Ham (a), Aug 7
Kevin De Bruyne played a defence-splitting pass to send Haaland through and he opened his body expertly before stroking the ball home.
Record: Became only the second City player to score twice on his Premier League debut, after Sergio Aguero in 2011.
Goal three: vs Newcastle (a), Aug 21, Premier League
Sparked City's comeback from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with a clinical, swivelling half-volley past Nick Pope.
Goal four: vs Crystal Palace (h), Aug 27, Premier League
Netted the equaliser as City fought back from two goals down, flashing a header from Phil Foden’s clipped cross past Vicente Guaita.
Goal five: vs Crystal Palace (h), Aug 27
Eight minutes later he scored a consummate poacher's goal, turning home John Stones' scuffed effort to give City the lead.
Goal six: vs Crystal Palace (h), Aug 27
Completed a 19-minute hat-trick, racing on to Ilkay Gundogan’s through ball, holding off Joel Ward, and digging out a shot past Guiata.
Record: Claims his 13th career hat-trick by the age of 22.
Goal seven: vs Nottingham Forest (h), Aug 31, Premier League
Foden's deflected cross dropped perfectly for Haaland, who shrugged off the attentions of Joe Worrall to stab home.
Goal eight: vs Nottingham Forest (h), Aug 31
Doubled his tally 10 minutes later with the easiest of finishes... tapping into an empty net after Neco Williams' sliding tackle on Foden inadvertently redirected the ball into his path.
Goal nine: vs Nottingham Forest (h), Aug 31
Another hat-trick – this time inside 26 minutes – was completed with a header from point-blank range.
Record: Ninth goal makes him top scorer in August in any Premier League season – and the first to score that many in just five league matches. His six goals against Palace and Forest arrived in just an hour on the pitch.
Goal 10: vs Aston Villa (a), Sept 3, Premier League
De Bruyne delivered an exquisite cross which arced over Emi Martinez and gave Haaland a simple finish from two yards out.
Record: Becomes the player quickest to hit 10 Premier League goals, a feat achieved in six matches.
Goal 11: vs Sevilla (a), Sept 6, Champions League
Foden threaded a lovely pass through for De Bruyne who hooked the ball into the six-yard box where Haaland slid in to score.
Record: Becomes the first City player to score on their Premier League and Champions League debut.
Goal 12: vs Sevilla (a), Sept 6
The Norwegian forward from just inside the Sevilla half and found Foden, whose shot was spilled... and Haaland made no mistake with the rebound.
Record: Becomes the youngest player in history to reach 25 Champions League goals – and the fastest with it, that tally amassed in just 20 matches. Also becomes the first player to score multiple times on his debut for three different clubs, following a hat-trick for Red Bull Salzburg against Genk and two for Borussia Dortmund against Paris Saint-Germain.
Goal 13: vs Borussia Dortmund (h), Sept 14, Champions League
A stunning acrobatic finish to secure all three points for City against his former side, with Haaland somehow volleying home from head height.
Goal 14: vs Wolves (a), Sept 17, Premier League
The Scandinavian hitman carried the ball towards the penalty area and fired a low strike into the bottom corner.
Record: Becomes the first player to score in his first four Premier League away games and the first to score 11 goals in his opening seven matches.
Goal 15: vs Manchester United (h), Oct 2, Premier League
Directed a header from a corner goalwards and it just snuck over the line before Tyrell Malacia was able to clear.
Goal 16: vs Manchester United (h), Oct 2
Another assist for Belgian maestro De Bruyne, who arced a wonderful cross in behind Raphael Varane for Haaland to stretch and poke it past David De Gea.
Goal 17: vs Manchester United (h), Oct 2
Haaland was picked out by substitute Sergio Gomez with a precise cut-back which he slammed past the powerless De Gea.
Record: Becomes the first Premier League player ever to score hat-tricks in three successive top flight home matches. He also needed only eight games to net three hat-tricks in the competition, the fastest to ever do so. The next quickest was 48 matches. Also took his tally to 14 goals in his first eight Premier League games, eclipsing Micky Quinn’s record of 10 from eight in 1992.
Goal 18: vs Copenhagen (h), Oct 5, Champions League
Joao Cancelo picked out Haaland in a pocket of space in the penalty box, and the City fans were celebrating the moment the ball left the Norwegian's right boot.
Goal 19: vs Copenhagen (h), Oct 5
Gomez’s low drive ricocheted kindly to the lurking Haaland and he tucked in the rebound, before being subbed off at half-time with City three goals to the good.
Record: Fastest player to hit 28 goals in the Champions League, a tally reached in just 22 matches. His scoring rate of 1.27 goals every game means 98 sides in the competition’s history have a worse goals per game ratio than him.
Goal 20: vs Southampton (h), Oct 8, Premier League
After missing a couple of chances, Haaland made no mistake in the second half of another City canter, slotting home first-time from Cancelo’s cross after a lovely exchange with De Bruyne.
Record: Hits 20 for the season in just 13 matches.
Goal 21: vs Brighton (h), Oct 22, Premier League
A long punt from Ederson was allowed to bounce by the Brighton defence and Haaland pounced, controlling the ball on his chest, taking it around goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, then barging Adam Webster out of the way before rolling a shot into the empty net.
Goal 22: vs Brighton (h), Oct 22
Haaland got his 22nd of the campaign from the spot after Var intervened to rule Lewis Dunk had clattered into Bernardo Silva.
Goal 23: vs Fulham (h), Nov 5, Premier League
Walloped home a match-winning 95th-minute spot-kick to spark wild celebrations as City went into the World Cup break on a high.
Goal 24: vs Liverpool (h), Dec 22, League Cup
Haaland darted in front of a flat-footed Joe Gomez to volley home his 24th goal of the season, with his side winning a thriller against their great rivals 3-2.
Goal 25: vs Leeds (a), Dec 28, Premier League
Jack Grealish intercepted Liam Cooper’s slack pass to burst through on goal and square for Haaland who made no mistake.
Record: Becomes the fastest player to score 25 goals under Pep Guardiola, achieving the feat in 20 matches – eight fewer than it took Lionel Messi to reach that target under the Catalan for Barcelona.
Goal 26: v Leeds (a), Dec 28
Another Grealish assist, another Haaland goal – with the striker tucking his finish away past Ilan Meslier after a neat bit of interplay with the £100m man.
Record: Becomes the first Premier League player in history to score 20 goals before January, despite a six-week break for the first ever winter World Cup. He has already beaten the Golden Boot winning totals from the 1997/98, 1998/99 and 2008/09 campaigns and matched the totals of 2006/07 and 2010/11. A third of Haaland’s 60 shots in the Premier League have found the net and he is scoring from every 1.65 shots on target in the competition.
Goal 27: v Everton (h), Dec 31
Assisted by Mahrez, who danced into the box on the right and fired a low pass towards the centre.