Manchester City: Erling Haaland already has a Cristiano Ronaldo record within his grasp

Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City last summer, wants to make history in the Premier League. It can not be otherwise, because the footballer has not stopped playing and scoring since the beginning of the season. A situation that has earned him comparisons with big names like Cristiano Ronaldo, whose records he will break in his first season.

Erling Haaland is a monster of the round leather. In case anyone had any doubts when he signed for Manchester City, the Norwegian has proven through his goals that he is the most destructive striker in the world, reaching unthinkable numbers for someone playing his first season in England. Since a few months after his signing, and at only 22 years old, one can’t help but wonder?

Can Erling Haaland break the record for most goals in a single season in the Premier League? And at the rate things are going, it’s not that the former Borussia Dortmund player is going to break it, it’s that he’s going to shatter it as long as the injuries respect him and he’s going to be on stage to show us his magic. The Norwegian currently has 20 goals in just 14 games in the English top flight, and he shows no signs of slowing down.

He is by far the top scorer in the competition this season (the closest is Kane with 13) and some are already counting how long it will take him to break the record held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole, which no one has matched since 1995 either, when the then Blackburn striker, the top scorer in the history of the Premier League, matched the record of the Newcastle striker in the Blackburn shirt with 34 goals.

So far, the player who has come closest to this feat is Mohamed Salah. In the 2017-18 season, the Egyptian, one of the best players on the planet at the time, scored 32 goals without playing in attack. Other big names in history, such as Suárez and Cristiano Ronaldo, had scored 31 goals in previous seasons.

Top 5 scorers in a Premier League season

5. Luis Suarez (LIVERPOOL 2013-14) 31 goals

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (MAN. UNITED 2007-08) 31 goals

3. Mohamed Salah (LIVERPOOL 2017-18) 32 goals

2. Alan Shearer (BLACKBURN 1994-95) 34 goals

1. Andy Cole (NEWCASTLE 1993-94) 34 goals.