Last Updated: May 04, 2023, 02:37 IST
In his first season in English soccer, Haaland has rewritten the document books as City shut in on a potential treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
The 22-year-old strikes past the 34 objectives scored by Alan Shearer for Blackburn in 1994/95 and Andy Cole when at Newcastle a season earlier
Erling Haaland set a new document of 35 objectives in a Premier League season as Manchester City overcame West Ham 3-0 to maneuver again to the highest of the desk on Wednesday as Liverpool edged out Fulham 1-0.
City had been made to work by an under-manned Hammers to edge one level clear of Arsenal in the title race, with a sport in hand nonetheless to come back.
The guests had been lacking England worldwide Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek and Nayef Aguerd via sickness, whereas accidents meant David Moyes may solely identify 5 outfield substitutes.
But Moyes’ males held out for 50 minutes earlier than succumbing on the Etihad to stay rooted in a relegation battle.
Nathan Ake was the unlikely determine to interrupt the impasse because the Dutch defender rose highest to energy house Riyad Mahrez’s free-kick.
But there was no shock over the scorer of City’s second as Haaland raced onto Jack Grealish’s cross and deftly dinked the ball over the advancing Lukasz Fabianski.
The Norwegian moved previous Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s mark of 34 set for Blackburn and Newcastle respectively in the Nineties.
Haaland was given a guard of honour by his teammates as he left the pitch after full-time.
However, he’ll nonetheless fall someway brief of the all-time scoring document for a season in the English prime flight of 60 set by Everton’s Dixie Dean in 1927/28.
Phil Foden got here off the bench so as to add the ultimate flourish as his sweetly-struck volley deflected off Emerson Palmieri to depart Fabianski wrong-footed 5 minutes from time.
City’s thirteenth consecutive house win in 2023 edges Pep Guardiola’s males ever nearer to a fifth Premier League title in six seasons.
The champions want simply 4 wins from their remaining 5 video games to make sure Arsenal are denied their first title in 19 years.
Defeat leaves West Ham nonetheless 4 factors above the relegation zone with 4 video games to play.
At Anfield, Liverpool refused to surrender the battle for a top-four end by maintaining the stress on Newcastle and Manchester United for the ultimate two locations in subsequent season’s Champions League behind City and Arsenal.
Jurgen Klopp’s males have now received 5 league consecutive league video games for the primary time this season.
Mohamed Salah’s twenty ninth purpose of the season was the distinction between the perimeters because the Egyptian shrugged off his current struggles from the penalty spot to transform after Darwin Nunez had been fouled by Issa Diop six minutes earlier than half-time.
Liverpool near inside 4 factors of fourth-placed Manchester United, who’ve two video games in hand.
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