ERLING HAALAND He was the great figure in Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Wolverhampton on date 21 of the Premier League. The Norwegian accumulates 187 goals in 231 games in his career, with an average of 0.80.
With his triplet, Haaland reached 25 goals in 19 games and it has already surpassed the record of the top scorers of the last four seasons in the Premier League, with the particularity that there are still 18 dates to play.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) scored 23 goals in the 2021/22 season. In the previous one, Harry Kane (Tottenham) made 23, the same figure as Jamie Vardy (Leicester) in 2019/20. Meanwhile, Salah, Aubameyang and Mane shared the top spot in 2018/19 with 22.
To find someone with more goals than Haaland currently, you have to go back to the season 2017/18, when Mohamed Salah made 32.
The Premier League record is shared by Andrew Cole (Newcastle 1993/94) and Alan Shearer (Blackburn 1994/95), with 34 goals.
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