Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland became the quickest player to 20 Premier League goals with his brace against Leeds on Wednesday night.

Everton must hope he is still to hit his peak come New Year's Eve, with Chelsea then facing City in the league and FA Cup successively. The Reds also shut him out on his City debut in the Community Shield but in the Champions League he scored twice each against Sevilla and FC Copenhagen and a winner against Borussia Dortmund, before being substituted following a scoreless first half in the return fixture with his former club. Against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest he became only the sixth man to score back-to-back Premier League trebles, adding another against Manchester United three games later, while he struck twice on his league debut at West Ham, against Brighton in October and at Elland Road.

We go again! Erling Haaland now has TWENTY goals in FOURTEEN games, while Arsenal are somehow still top of the league by five points despite the Norwegian.

But if you need luck in a title charge, you also need a whole lot of talent – and it came from the most unlikely source. Any other £85 million striker would see a ball dropping out the sky, and no one around them except a retreating goalkeeper, as an opportunity to take a touch, compose themselves, and finish. For adding another layer of chaos to the Premier League. We’re not convinced either, but some lad called Neymar decided to get himself sent off for a truly outstanding dive. But “top at Christmas” still felt a fragile omen to cling to heading into Boxing Day given we had played barely a third of the season, they had lost their main man in attack and Haaland had enjoyed six weeks being plugged into the national grid. The comparisons to Mbappe always felt a bit flimsy, but his finish for the opener against Nottingham Forest, and sensational cut-back assist for Anthony Martial's second, suggest they might not be so far from the truth. The worst Christmas No. actually, Arsenal are significantly better than the LadBaby monstrosity currently topping the charts. well, it would suggest that you can only have one or the other. Haaland could have taken a bigger chunk out of Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s record had he not had a few cobwebs due to Norway being hopeless at international football. At his current rate, he will smash through the 50-goal barrier and just keep going. Nowadays, in the ‘slimlined’ 38-game format, the record stands at 31 goals.

Manchester City star Erling Haaland bagged his 20th Premier League goal of the season against Leeds on Wednesday - and he's now revealed he has a target in ...

"I've been at home, a bit mad that I've not been at the World Cup. "Watching other people score to win games at the World Cup triggered, motivated and irritated me. For me, as a striker, I have to score more. "I have a target but I cannot say it," he told Amazon Prime. The Norwegian's quickfire brace ensured he became the fastest player to reach 20 [Premier League ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/premier-league)goals, doing so in only 14 matches. "We see Arsenal at the top now and we have to hunt them.

Pep Guardiola's side returned to Premier League action for the first time in over a month and picked up where they left off, as Haaland scored a brace ...

When I was little I had a Leeds kit with Eirik Bakke on the back and a City kit with my father on it. 'Father and mother were in the stands, the whole family in the stands. I am proud today!' I have respect for Leeds, where I was born. [VG](https://www.vg.no/sport/i/dwvrXJ/pep-guardiola-forventer-mer-fra-erling-braut-haaland-jeg-tror-han-kan-bli-bedre), Haaland said: 'It was planned. [Man City](/sport/teampages/manchester-city.html)'s Erling Haaland has explained the reasons for his muted celebration after scoring twice against [Leeds](/sport/teampages/leeds-united.html) United on Wednesday night.

Erling Haaland took his Premier League goal tally to 20 after scoring a brace against Leeds United on Wednesday but the Norwegian international decided ...

Despite being born in England, however, Erling chose to play for Norway at international level and he has since grabbed 21 goals in 23 matches for his nation. When I was little I had a Leeds kit with Eirik Bakke on the back and a City kit with my dad's name." He already has about 200 goals, so he can probably go to 600, 700 or 800 if he stays fit and does the things that he does." But he was just a matter of months old when Alfie chose to move to City, where the family connection now lies. However, Haaland chose to do a muted celebration for both goals after he was born in Leeds back in 2000. Erling is so obsessed with goals, he can maybe go beyond that. "It's very hard to compare strikers because they are all totally different," said De Bruyne. The 50-year-old was a cult hero at the club before breaking his leg following a horrendous challenge from Roy Keane. His first was a simple tap-in after Jack Grealish pinched the ball off Robin Koch, before running through on goal and squaring across to Haaland to stroke home. [told VG:](https://www.vg.no/sport/i/dwvrXJ/pep-guardiola-forventer-mer-fra-erling-braut-haaland-jeg-tror-han-kan-bli-bedre) "It was planned. [Jack Grealish](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jack-grealish) and said 'Great work!' because it was two fantastic assists. Mum and dad were at the stadium.

After scoring twice in Manchester City's 3-1 victory against Leeds United star striker Erling Haaland wanted more. "I've been at home, being a bit mad that ...

He ripped it up at Everton and ripped it up at West Brom. “He’s a very good finisher but it’s a completely different game when you get to Manchester City. Where teams come and have a go, he is a handful. "To watch other people score to win games at the World Cup kind of triggers, motivates and irritates me. What is a testament to the standards of the Premier League is that his incredible goalscoring has not pushed Manchester City clear of the rest. That's life, I have to practice more.” Whether this is a vindication of the standard is debatable, it certainly demonstrates its competitiveness. Merson’s prediction turned out to be wrong, but is it because Haaland is so good or because the league is not as people say? "He is still not at his best, as he was at the beginning of the season," said the Manchester City coach "the injury he had at Dortmund affected him for a long period." "To move his huge body is not easy for him but the more minutes he can play, the better he will be,” he added, "I had the feeling in the first half of the season, [the chance he had and missed] in the first minute against Liverpool [in the previous game], and today the second minute against Leeds, it's a goal. The prospect of an even more clinical Haaland is terrifying because he’s already laying waste to a host of Premier League records. Few predicted Haaland would score at the rate he had in Norway, Austria and Germany when he moved to the self-proclaimed ‘best league in the world’, but he has replicated his incredible stats with ease.

With a brace against Leeds in the Premier League, Haaland became the fastest player to get to 20 goals in the competition.

The Manchester City striker reached the landmark in his 14th appearance, which eclipsed the mark of 21 set by former Sunderland forward Kevin Phillips in 1999-2000. (82 goals and 18 assists). Manchester City’s Erling Haaland continued from where he left off before the World Cup, with a brace against Leeds in the Premier League on Thursday, in his side’s 3-1 win.

Erling Haaland took his tally for the season to 20 goals in his side's 3-1 win against Leeds United.

· It's so surreal with a father that played for both clubs. "In my wildest dreams I'm playing for City against Leeds at Elland Road. "When I was young I had a Leeds shirt with Erik Bakke on the back, and a City shirt with my father. (My) Father and mother were in the stands. I'm proud, and very happy to win.

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 20 Premier League goals after he bagged a brace in Man City's win over Leeds United.

Pascal Struijk pulled one back for Leeds United in the 73rd minute, but it was not enough for them to earn any points from the fixture. “He scored a lot of goals but he could have scored more. The Norwegian international then scored his second goal of the match in the 64th minute to establish a three-goal cushion for Manchester City.