Erling Haaland breaks a Premier League goals record as Manchester

Erling Haaland breaks a Premier League goals record as Manchester City draws with Liverpool in top flight – CNN

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Erling Haaland has scored 50 Premier League goals in 48 games.

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Erling Haaland has been scoring goals and breaking records since joining Manchester City in June 2022, and on Saturday against Liverpool the striker continued to make history by scoring his 50th league goal for the reigning Premier League champions.

No player in Premier League history has reached a half-century of goals faster – Haaland did it in 48 games. The previous record holder, Andrew Cole, who played for Manchester United and Newcastle Untied, needed 65 games to reach the mark.

Haaland scored in the 27th minute to give hosts City the lead, but they only broke it in the 80th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold equalized for Liverpool.

“We played really well, an excellent performance,” City manager Pep Guardiola told BBC Sport. “I have no complaints or regrets about how proud I am of the team.”

Haaland found space between Liverpool’s centre-backs and beat goalkeeper Allison Becker with a well-aimed shot into the bottom right area of ​​the goal at a time when Liverpool were on the rise.

The game was no match for previous high-profile encounters between the two dominant teams of the time, as neither was at their best.

City thought they had doubled their lead when Rúben Dias scored, but the goal was ruled out due to a goal-line foul by Manuel Akanji on Alisson.

With 10 minutes left, right-back Alexander-Arnold fired a shot into the far corner after being sent into space by Mohamed Salah, giving Liverpool a hard-fought point.

“This is a really difficult goal and it is no coincidence that they won at home. I don’t know how many won in a row. They are a super team,” Klopp told BBC Sport.

“Can we play better? Absolutely, and we will… It’s a good point for us and I’m absolutely fine.”

The result ended City’s perfect home record in 2023, which stretched to 23 games, and allowed Arsenal to overtake both teams in the table after the Gunners beat Brentford later in the day.