Foden and Haaland Lead Man City Past Dortmund
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In the midst of another remarkable scoring season, the Manchester City striker is chasing success for club and country
However, speaking to BBC Sport [5 November], Pat Nevin does not think Haaland will surpass the 60 goals scored by former Everton striker Dixie Dean in a season.
As things stand, four players (with 500-plus minutes played) sit above that rate across Europe’s top five leagues. Two of those are Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane, who are averaging 1.4 and 1.5 goals per 90, respectively, in their domestic league this season.
Erling Haaland has some unique ways of keeping himself motivated, with the Manchester City striker taking to plunging into an ice bath after landing another Player of the Match award. The Norwegian striker added to his individual trophy collection after bagging a brace for the Blues in their 3-1 Premier League victory over Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland’s UCL goal record reiterates his genius. The Norwegian international has this utterly infuriating habit of rendering football history completely quaint, hasn’t he? His recent, unbelievable breach of the Champions League record ...
The 25-year-old is nothing short of a weapon. If this continues, Haaland is likely to secure all CL records in the coming years.
Erling Haaland pulled out the robot dance in the win over Bournemouth and his levels were compared to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by boss Pep Guardiola.
Alan Shearer currently stands as the fastest player to ever score 100 Premier League goals; the striker managed the feat in 124 appearances. Haaland, therefore, has his next 16 league appearances to break the long-standing record.
DREAM TEAM managers are still searching for Manchester City’s next-best player this season. Erling Haaland (£7.8m) is streets ahead of everyone right now having amassed 166 points via 17