Erling Haaland scored the final goal to seal Man City’s 4-1 victory over Arsenal. With this goal, he officially entered the history of the English Premier League.
Man City has just made Arsenal go through a real nightmare . Immediately after the opening whistle, they actively raised the squad to press the opponent. Arsenal were embarrassed to hold the ball in the middle of the field. In the 7th minute, Kevin de Bruyne made the visitors’ net vibrate with a breakthrough and a classy finish.
After that, The Citizens controlled the ball quite leisurely. They flexibly increased and decreased the tempo of the game, leaving the Gunners in a passive position. At the end of the first half, the visitors were also dealt a heavy psychological blow when VAR recognized John Stones’ goal.
In the 54th minute, De Bruyne completed a double. This is a situation where Man City has stolen the ball from the opponent’s foot in their own half. Erling Haaland poured the ball bravely before passing it to the Belgian midfielder. Rod Holding then shortened the score to 1-3 in the 86th minute. However, Haaland rubbed salt into the Gunners’ pain when scoring a fourth goal for the hosts in the last minute of injury time.
Man City plays completely on the basis of Arsenal (Source: Internet)
With a late goal against Arsenal, the Norwegian striker brought his total number of goals in the Premier League this season to 33. With this achievement, Haaland surpassed Mohamed Salah to become the top scorer. the most goals in the history of the English Premier League (season has 38 rounds). Previously, the Egyptian star had to play 38 rounds to score 32 goals in the 2017/2018 season.
In fact, Premier League history has seen two players score more goals than Haaland: Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer. They all scored 34 goals in a season. However, the 1993/1994 or 1994/1995 seasons saw the tournament feature 22 teams instead of 20.
Thus, the time of the season has surpassed the 38-round limit. Achievements of 2 forebears and Haaland in 2 different circumstances. Of course, the former Dortmund star still has 7 more matches to overcome both Cole and Shearer. In all competitions this season, Haaland has scored 48 goals and contributed 6 assists in 42 appearances for The Citizens.
