Manchester City striker Erling Haaland breaks Premier League goal record for single season against West Ham
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Updated 03/05/2023 at 22:00 GMT
Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has been a runaway success at the Etihad Stadium in his first season under Pep Guardiola, and the Norwegian international has now broken the scoring record for a Premier League season of any length. The striker netted against West Ham on Wednesday night as he moved clear of the previous record holders, Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland broke the scoring record for a single Premier League season by netting his 35th of the campaign against West Ham at the Etihad.
Haaland chipped over goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski from Jack Grealish's pass to move one ahead of previous record holders Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
Cole and Shearer bagged their record hauls in 1993/94 and 1994/95 respectively, which were both 42-match seasons.
Since 1995/96 a Premier League season has been played across 38 matches, and Haaland still potentially has five more games to streak further clear.
In all competitions for City this season, Haaland now has 51 goals in 45 appearances.
He may have his sights on the all-time English football record set by Dixie Dean, who scored 63 goals in 41 games for Everton in 1927/28.
City beat West Ham 3-0 to move top of the Premier League, one point ahead of Arsenal, who were 3-1 winners over Chelsea on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola's side also have a game in hand on the Gunners.
Nathan Ake scored the opener against West Ham before Haaland's record-breaking goal and then a deflected volley from Phil Foden.
Foden's effort was City's 1,000th since Pep Guardiola came to the club in 2016.
Haaland was asked by Sky Sports if he would swap his goals for the treble this season, and he quickly answered: "Yes, yes. It's the most important thing.
"Everyone knows it's possible but we can't think of the FA Cup final now. We just have to think of Leeds. Every one of the last nine games now is a cup final."
City next host Leeds on Saturday and then face Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
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