Erling Haaland was called “ridiculous” and “sublime” as he obliterated the record for fastest player to score 15 Premier League goals in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Southampton.
Haaland has now scored 20 goals in 13 games for City in all competitions after his finish from Joao Cancelo’s ball to finish the scoring at Etihad Stadium.
He became just the second City player after Sergio Aguero in 2019 to score in seven consecutive Premier League appearances.
And remarkably the £51m summer signing from Borussia Dortmund has already equalled the tally of their top league scorer in the 2021-22 title-winning season – Kevin de Bruyne.
Before this season Micky Quinn had the most goals in his first nine Premier League appearances with 11. The quickest player to reach 15 Premier League goals was Andy Cole, who needed 15 games to do so.
Haaland has been directly involved in 42 goals in his last 24 appearances in home games for Dortmund and City (36 goals, six assists).
Riyad Mahrez, who scored one of City’s other goals, said: “Haaland is part of our team, he is our striker. Like any other striker, if we can find him it’s perfect because he is on fire.”
