{"id":63765,"date":"2023-05-04T07:26:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/04\/man-city-striker-erling-haaland-breaks-premier-league-record\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:26:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:26:40","slug":"man-city-striker-erling-haaland-breaks-premier-league-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/04\/man-city-striker-erling-haaland-breaks-premier-league-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City striker Erling Haaland breaks Premier League record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/129590204_gettyimages-1487367171-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 35th goal of the season as Manchester City returned to the top of the table\" title=\"Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 35th goal of the season as Manchester City returned to the top of the table\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 35th goal of the season as Manchester City returned to the top of the table<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has broken the record for goals in a Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian scored his 35th league goal of the campaign against West Ham to move past Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole\u2019s previous best of 34.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland had already set a new high in a 38-game season, surpassing Mohamed Salah\u2019s 32 goals for Liverpool in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He now holds the overall record and has another five games to add to his tally.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland\u2019s 35th top-flight goal of the season came via a deft finish in the second half of a 3-0 win against the Hammers that sent City back to the top of the league.<\/p>\n<p>He was given a guard of honour by his team-mates, boss Pep Guardiola and the club\u2019s backroom staff after the final whistle at Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Cole\u2019s 34 goals for Newcastle in 1993-94 was matched by Shearer as he fired Blackburn to the title the following year but there were 22 teams in the top flight in both seasons, giving them an extra four matches to play \u2013 Shearer started all 42 in his record season, while Cole missed two in his.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland, in his debut season in English football, has set the new marker in just his 31st game of the year.<\/p>\n<p>His 35 goals are also the most by a player in a single campaign in the English top division since Ron Davies scored 37 for Southampton in 1966-67, while Dixie Dean boasts the record with 60 in 39 games for Everton in 1927-28.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/_129590430_20dfb6f5d4370347f99a7f93b3526e0c71e0a216.jpg\" alt=\"Haaland gets guard of honour\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>Haaland was given a guard of honour by his team-mates after the final whistle<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/_129590432_gettyimages-1487369999.jpg\" alt=\"Haaland gets guard of honour\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>Haaland breaks the joint record set by Cole in 1993-94 and Shearer in 1994-95<\/em><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"S6p7J1kYWNk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Export Dev\u2019t Strategy: It\u2019s important to export more to build Ghana\u2019s economy \u2013 GEPA CEO (3-5-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6p7J1kYWNk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 35th goal of the season as Manchester City returned to the top of the table Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has broken the record for goals in a Premier League season. 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