With the thirty-five goals and 31 games he played for Manchester City, Haaland single-handedly held the record for the top goalscorer in a season in Premier League history, respectively.
In his team’s game against West Ham, Erling Haaland managed to score his team’s second goal in the 71st minute after a through ball from Jack Grealish to clear the West Ham goalkeeper and shoot from the inside the penalty area.
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At the end of the game, Guardiola made the honorable pass to celebrate Haaland’s historic achievement.
Guardiola says the player, who is only 22, is “incredible”, noting he still has 5 games left in which he can score more goals.
And while Guardiola lamented his substitution of some matches after 60 minutes, particularly when he scored a hat-trick, he said the player ‘may have been injured too’.
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For his part, Haaland said in statements to Sky Sports that he was proud and happy with what he had achieved and had never seen an honorary pass before.
City players stood in Haaland’s hall of honor after the game and hit him on the head and back to celebrate his achievement.
“It was painful when everyone hit me on the back in the aisle,” joked Haaland.
However, he also expressed his willingness to replace all of his goals and the record he achieved in return for him and his team winning the ‘treble’ i.e. Premier League, FA Cup and the Champions League, indicating that it is the most important.
Haaland reached a Champions League record by taking his tally to 35 goals in 27 appearances, becoming the youngest player to reach 30 goals in the tournament, 116 days ahead of Frenchman Kylian Mbappe.
And he became the third player in history to score 5 goals in one match in the 7-0 win over Razen Pal Sport Leipzig in the second leg of the Round of 16 last March.
City, who are hoping to win the title for the fifth time in six seasons with Guardiola, have 79 points from 33 games, one point ahead of Arsenal, who have played 34 games.
Manchester City host struggling Leeds United next Saturday.
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