Yet, somehow, he has continued breaking records this season, scoring nine goals in just four Premier League games – the most prolific start to a season ever, surpassing the previous best of eight set by Wayne Rooney.
By Ali Masoud, Nairobi DailyKe
Haaland has been so dominant this season that his individual total of nine goals is more than any Premier League team, except his own Manchester City, has managed between them. And, on Saturday, only the width of a goalpost denied the Norwegian star an unprecedented run of hat tricks in three consecutive Premier League games.
As it was, he finished with a brace, propelling Manchester City to a 2-1 victory against Brentford and taking his own goal scoring total at the club to 99 in just 103 matches.
Already, Haaland has become the fastest player to reach 50 Premier League goals, doing so in just 48 games – 17 faster than Andrew Cole’s previous record. Should he once again lead the league in scoring this season, then he would be the first player since Thierry Henry in 2006 to win three consecutive Golden Boot awards.
“He’s got that all-round combination of: he’s very fast, he’s big, he’s strong. He is very difficult to mark and he’s prolific,” Linker, a prominent broadcaster with the BBC and host of “The
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