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Erling Haaland breaks 38-game Premier League goal record

Friday, 28 April 2023



Erling Haaland has broken the Premier League record for goals in a 38-game season after scoring his 33rd of the season in Man City's win over Arsenal on Wednesday, according to the British daily The Daily Mail.
The Norwegian has been in sensational form throughout his debut season in England and has been chasing the goalscoring record set by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian forward had held the record since 2017-18, when he scored 32 goals throughout the Reds' Premier League campaign, before Haaland's arrival.
The former Borussia Dortmund striker levelled Salah's tally during Man City's 3-1 win over Leicester this month, before overtaking him with his late goal against the Gunners.
However, he's still not the highest single-season goalscorer in the league's history, after Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer both nabbed 34 goals in 1993-94 and 1994-95 respectively.
However, these were achievements were met when the Premier League season was four games longer, owing to 22 top-flight clubs.
It means that Cole and Shearer have an unfair advantage on Haaland, in regard to the amount of matches that they can achieve the goalscoring record in.