Erling Haaland breaks season scoring record for PL player

Erling Haaland continued to interrupt data in his debut marketing campaign at Manchester City together with his purpose within the 3-0 win over Bayern Munich within the Champions League on Tuesday.

Haaland, 22, scored his forty fifth purpose of the season in all competitions, which broke the scoring record by a Premier League player in a single season.

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The landmark comes days after Haaland turned the third player to achieve 30 Premier League targets in a debut season with a brace in City’s 4-1 victory at Southampton on Saturday.

The Norway worldwide surpassed the 44-goal Premier League tally set by former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy and Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah.

Haaland will now have his sights set on Clive Allen’s English top-flight purpose record of 49 targets in all competitions.

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The City striker can also be solely two targets behind Salah’s record of 32 targets in a 38-game league season. He might additionally surpass Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of scoring 34 targets in a single league season.

Pep Guardiola’s facet face relegation-threatened Leicester City on Saturday earlier than a visit to Germany for their Champions League quarterfinal second-leg tie at Bayern.