The hat-trick man is back – if he was ever away. Erling Haaland's fourth Premier League treble swept him to 25 competition goals, 31 in all, and may signal ...
At the final whistle all of a City persuasion were next to do what is anathema: cheer on their [city rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/jan/22/arsenal-v-manchester-united-premier-league-live-score-updates) to beat the Gunners and further up the intrigue in the title race. It was immaterial to the result but not to the manager, just one more illustration of how driven he is. The goalkeeper’s lazy pass was mopped up by Mahrez and he tapped to the Norwegian who was never going to miss from yards out. This all began at the opening corner when two Nélson Semedo tussles with John Stones had the latter down and meant City’s love of fluidity had to overcome a disruptor. The numbers are incredible but the reality is still we are a bit behind Arsenal.” “It is just one game, we will see in the future.
Haaland scored his fourth hat-trick of the season to take his tally to 31 goals in all competitions in 2022-23.
He is not a player to be dropped. This is a grey vision of this kind of things,” Guardiola said. “We know his quality, we know each other.
With 18 games left, the 22-year-old Norwegian is on pace for 48 goals.
[next fastest](https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1617180911899926530) Premier League player to hit that mark? [shatter the record](https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/news/erling-haaland-will-smash-premier-league-golden-boot-record) for the most scored in a Premier League season of any length. [3-0](https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=638021) win over Wolverhampton on Sunday, upping his total to 25 goals just over halfway through his inaugural Premier League campaign.
Erling Haaland looks destined to smash the Premier League record for most goals scored in a single season. The highest-scoring EPL Golden Boot winners of ...
Mo Salah currently holds the record for most goals in a 38-game EPL season, having netted 32 times for Liverpool in the 2017/18 campaign. Cole scored 34 goals in 40 games for Newcastle United in the 1993/94 season, before Shearer netted 34 times in 42 matches for Blackburn in the following campaign. Erling Haaland looks destined to smash the Premier League record for most goals scored in a single season.
Pep Guardiola proclaimed Erling Haaland as undroppable after the prolific Norwegian plundered yet another hat-trick to fire Manchester City to a 3-0 win ...
We have to be balanced.” We have to improve this situation but maybe it was my fault with the line-up or the plan. But Guardiola said: “I didn’t see (him). After a scrappy start, City clicked back into gear on Sunday after Haaland headed them ahead in the 40th minute. He is not a player to be dropped. This is a grey vision of this kind of things.
Some records have already been broken, others beckon. In the aftermath of his latest goalscoring feat, BBC Sport celebrates the phenomenon that is Erling ...
"That movement, that power, the clinical nature, the anticipation of where the ball will fall to him, that is so difficult to defend against," he said. He feels the defeats. He is one away from matching Leeds' tally of 26 to make it a clean half. He is stable. He lives 24 hours for his profession, job, passion, love. "He's so good at not being felt; you try to feel him and understand where he is. He is a third of the way towards Sergio Aguero's record tally of 12. Alan Shearer, who has netted more Premier League goals than anyone with 260, scored 11 trebles. "You can get so attached to a player that it frees up space for others. No player has managed more. Aguero, who was Haaland's predecessor up front for City, scored 12 Premier League hat-tricks during his time in England. It took his tally of goals for the campaign to a stunning 31 in all competitions - 25 of them in the Premier League.
Manchester City cut the gap to Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table to two points with a 3-0 mauling of Wolves.
In that time he scored a hat-trick, and forced another good save from keeper Jose Sa. The Norwegian couldn't miss from there and it's 1-0. Haaland makes it 3-0, and he's scored all of them. 28’ GREALISH SHOT DENIED - City break with speed and Grealish decides to test Sa. 18’ HAALAND SO CLOSE TO OPENER - City press high and win back possession. Manchester City were underwhelming in their victory over Spurs in mid-week and Pep Guardiola’s post-match press conference underlined what he saw as the issues.
Erling Haaland's 25 goals in 19 games for Manchester City are remarkable, while he's notching hat tricks for fun in the Premier League.
[Harry Kane](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/142200/Harry-Kane) and Alan Shearer as the only players to have ever scored four hat tricks in a single Premier League campaign. [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364)'s [Mohamed Salah](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah), who both finished the 2021-22 campaign with 23 goals each. [Romelu Lukaku](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/139437/Romelu-Lukaku) (3), Son (3) and even [Cristiano Ronaldo](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo), who split his three career hat tricks in England between his two stints at [Manchester United](/soccer/team?id=360). [Son Heung-Min](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/149945/Son-Heung-Min) (Tottenham), [Leandro Trossard](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/174980/Leandro-Trossard) ( [Brighton](/soccer/team?id=331), now [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359)), [Phil Foden](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/250787/Phil-Foden) (Man City) and [Ivan Toney](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/180639/Ivan-Toney) ( [Brentford](/soccer/team?id=337)) the only other players to hit a top-flight treble thus far. [Sergio Aguero](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/44927/Sergio-Agüero)'s overall record of 12 career Premier League hat tricks, despite having played 256 fewer games in the competition than his Argentine predecessor. [Erling Haaland](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland)'s immense debut season in the [Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.1) continued apace on Sunday, with the [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) striker scoring all three goals in his side's [3-0 win](/soccer/report?gameId=638021) over [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/soccer/team?id=380).