Erling Haaland breaks all-time Premier League record

(Dan Tri) - Erling Haaland continued to set another impressive record when he scored in the 9-goal match between Man City and Fulham in round 14 of the Premier League that took place early this morning (December 3, Vietnam time).

The Norwegian striker opened the scoring for Man City in a 5-4 win over Fulham with his first touch.

The goal made Haaland the fastest player in Premier League history to reach 100 goals in just 111 appearances. The previous fastest player to score 100 Premier League goals was Alan Shearer, but the English legend needed 124 appearances to reach the milestone.

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 100 goals in Premier League history after opening the scoring for Man City against Fulham (Photo: Getty).

Haaland is also the 35th player to score 100 goals in the Premier League and the 7th player in Man City's history to reach this milestone, including Andy Cole, Sergio Aguero, Frank Lampard, Robbie Fowler, Nicolas Anelka and Raheem Sterling.

Notably, in addition to 100 goals in the Premier League, Haaland also has 18 assists in this top tournament.

The striker born in 2000 has now scored 15 goals in the Premier League this season after only 14 appearances. This gives him the opportunity to win the "Top Scorer" title (Golden Boot) for the third time since joining Man City in 2022.

Haaland became the "Top scorer" in his first season at the Etihad Stadium with 36 goals, before continuing to win this title with 27 goals in the 2023-24 season.

Last season was not as expected for Haaland when he only ranked 3rd in the scoring chart with 22 goals.

The match between Fulham and Man City also witnessed an unbelievable scenario and the home team almost set a new record in the Premier League. After Haaland opened the scoring, Pep Guardiola's team played brilliantly and led Fulham 5-1 by the 54th minute of the match.

But Fulham still played with great effort to reduce the score to 4-5 just about 20 minutes later. This match will go down in Premier League history if the home team equalizes 5-5, the previous record was recorded in the 4-4 draw between Arsenal and Newcastle in 2011.

Unfortunately for Fulham, they could not set a record in the last 20 minutes and accepted to leave empty-handed at home. This victory helped Man City reduce the gap to the top of Arsenal to 2 points but they played one more game.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/erling-haaland-pha-vo-ky-luc-moi-thoi-dai-o-premier-league-20251203071505701.htm