Erling Haaland continued his jaw-dropping assault on the Premier League on Saturday as he netted a first-half brace to equal Mo Salah’s single-season goal-scoring document in Manchester Metropolis’s 3-1 victory over beleaguered Leicester Metropolis.
Haaland elevated his haul to 32 targets to tie Salah’s mark for a 38-game season – and the 22-year-old Norwegian scoring machine has eight video games nonetheless to play.
Solely 4 days earlier, Haaland had grow to be the primary participant in English soccer to attain a document 45 targets in a season in all competitions throughout Metropolis’s 3-0 win over Bayern Munich within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
.@ManCity shut the hole on the 🔝 pic.twitter.com/SANwjDCXlV
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On Saturday, that document tally elevated to 47 targets.
Pep Guardiola sat out his star striker for the second half at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, giving him some relaxation earlier than the second leg of their Champions League showdown with Bayern.
Guardiola’s aspect, who’re unbeaten in 14 matches in all competitions, path leaders Arsenal by three factors within the race for the Premier League title that seems to be heading for a pulsating conclusion. Arsenal play West Ham on Sunday.
“I feel we’re very proud of three extra factors. Three extra factors nearer to Arsenal and we’re chasing them,” Manchester midfielder Kalvin Phillips instructed BBC.
“Our requirements slipped a bit of in the direction of the tip there have been a couple of errors and we had a few substitutions. Total we’re proud of the primary 60 minutes or so.”
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John Stones put Metropolis forward within the within the fifth minute. With the ball flying across the field like pinball, Stones obtained his left foot on it to beat keeper Daniel Iversen.
Haaland made it 2-0 with a penalty within the twelfth minute, awarded attributable to Wilfred Ndidi’s handball. He calmly slotted it into the underside proper nook.
He scored his second within the twenty fifth minute after Kevin De Bruyne steamrolled previous Ndidi to feed Haaland, who completed with a chip previous Daniel Iversen.
The joint-most targets in a 38-match #PL season! @ErlingHaaland goes stage with @MoSalah 🤝 pic.twitter.com/5Q7QI4Ucl5
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Trailing 3-0, former Metropolis man Kelechi Iheanacho pulled one again for Leicester within the seventy fifth minute on in any other case nightmare afternoon for his or her interim supervisor Dean Smith, whose staff are nineteenth with 25 factors from 31 video games of their battle to keep away from relegation. They’re two factors adrift of the security zone.
“There’s tons we will take,” Smith instructed Sky Sports activities. “I’m clearly dissatisfied however a two-goal deficit to the most effective staff on the earth isn’t the tip of the world.
“Our season gained’t be outlined right here, we’ve a run of video games the place we’ve to win matches.”
Leicester had a pair extra late scoring possibilities. Metropolis keeper Ederson stopped James Maddison’s point-blank shot after a one-on-one. Iheanacho’s lengthy shot in harm time clanged off the submit.