'better Than Treble Year' - When Could Haaland Beat Shearer's Record?

The show of a rampant Erling Haaland pinch a beaming grin connected his look will beryllium of awesome comfortableness to some Manchester City and leader Pep Guardiola.

Following back-to-back defeats, City needed their prima subordinate to measurement up successful nan power of a derby fixture and nan 25-year-old did conscionable that successful typically cool fashion.

Goal instrumentality Haaland took his tally to 7 goals this week by netting doubly successful Sunday's 3-0 triumph complete rivals Manchester United, having plundered an astonishing 5 successful Norway's 11-1 hammering of Moldova connected Tuesday.

Haaland has continued to turn since his first play astatine City successful 2022-23, erstwhile he scored 52 goals successful each competitions to thief nan nine to a Treble of trophies.

Guardiola said: "Erling has been unthinkable since nan commencement but this play he is amended than ever. I would opportunity amended than nan Treble year.

"He is move and I don't judge him for nan clearances, we want him to people goals and to thief us."

The Spaniard added: "Erling has ne'er disappointed since he has arrived. He has shown nan committedness and signed a statement for galore years. He is simply a typical player."

Haaland showed his worth successful some boxes against United and it was his important contributions that allowed City to return each 3 points.

The striker had 9 touches of nan shot successful nan guidance container and six successful his own, showcasing his protect capabilities arsenic good arsenic his ruthlessness successful nan last third.

At nan commencement of nan 2nd half, erstwhile City were 1-0 up courtesy of Phil Foden's headed goal, United were looking to reconstruct parity and played a bid of crosses into nan box.

With each one, they could only find nan caput of Haaland, who made captious interceptions connected each occasion.

In all, Haaland made a full of six clearances, including 4 pinch his head, pinch centre-back Ruben Dias nan only City subordinate to lend more.

Once nan spell of unit was relieved, Haaland was summoned to nan broadside of nan transportation by Guardiola and nan 2 men had an amicable chat - nan striker trotted backmost into his acquainted position up beforehand and seconds later doubled nan advantage pinch a delightfully dinked finish.

Haaland showed he is quality erstwhile he went information Altay Bayindir and someway struck nan station pinch a virtually unfastened extremity to purpose at, but it did not deter him arsenic he ran done to person a composed second.

"A complete performance," Foden said of his team-mate. "The measurement he held up nan shot erstwhile we were struggling. He did everything. Defending, attacking, moving successful down and doing nan soiled work.

"It was a afloat displacement and we request that more."

Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane said Haaland "could person scored a fewer more", adding connected Sky Sports: "We cognize Haaland's strengths. You person 1 of nan champion strikers successful nan world moving from nan halfway statement and location was ne'er immoderate uncertainty he was going to decorativeness it.

"You talk astir a squad player, you person to springiness him praise for coming backmost and doing a bully occupation defensively."

The complaint astatine which Haaland is racking up goals will beryllium giving those players successful beforehand of him successful nan Premier League charts sleepless nights.

Ex-Newcastle and England striker Alan Shearer will beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus arsenic he leads nan measurement pinch 260 goals, pinch Haaland presently connected 90.

But connected Sunday, Haaland scored his 50th extremity successful arsenic galore location convention games - pinch only Shearer requiring fewer, netting nan aforesaid number successful only 47 matches.

In January, Haaland signed a caller statement until 2034 and it is his scoring complaint that is nan frightening prospect.

He has played 101 games truthful acold and - astatine his existent complaint of scoring - would request 191 much matches to lucifer Shearer's record, equating to conscionable complete 5 much afloat seasons successful nan Premier League.

"Erling Haaland's an animal," erstwhile Arsenal and England winger Theo Walcott told BBC Sport. "He ever has a image of immoderate decorativeness successful that 18-yard box. Or, wherever he is connected that field, he conscionable knows erstwhile to go, erstwhile not to go, erstwhile to reserve his energy.

"It's that picture, he sees it. And I'd opportunity immoderate young subordinate retired there, you don't person to overthink things. He doesn't, he simplifies it. You spot it pinch that decorativeness [for his 2nd goal], specified a cool finish. He knew what he was going to do. The 3rd touch he takes to group himself, he's already smiling earlier he's finished.

"In these large games, he knows erstwhile to travel retired of his shell. Of course, he had a awesome week internationally arsenic well. He's coming backmost pinch truthful overmuch assurance and he's already sewage an abundance of assurance anyway. He's sewage a beingness and aura astir him.

"Will he hit Alan Shearer's Premier League record? We'll see."