Haaland top scorer in the Premier League in his first season. The Norwegian striker became the top scorer in a season in the English league on Wednesday evening, all formats combined, by scoring his 35th goal in the Manchester City jersey against West Ham in a late match of the 28th day.
“You can see what my first thought is (when recovering the ball, in midfield), it’s to run towards the goal. Jack (Grealish) told me before the game that he wanted to make the assist on the record goal and I knew he was going to put it there, I saw the goalkeeper come out but it was a perfect pass of Jack. It’s a special night and a special time, yes. I am very happy and very proud and I don’t really know what else to say, ”he commented after the match, at the microphone of Sky Sports, as he reviewed the images of the goal of the record.
Record broken in just 31 games
In his first season in the colors of the Citizens, he erased from the shelves the 34 goals of Andy Cole with Newcastle in 1993-94 and Alan Shearer with Blackburn the following season. The elite of English football then had 22 teams, or 42 days. It has been reduced to 20 clubs and 38 days since the 1995-96 season. It took only 31 appearances for Haaland to set this new record, where his seniors had played 40 and 42 matches respectively.
You have to go back to 1966-67, long before the creation of the Premier League in 1992, to find a more prolific scorer than him in a season in the top flight, it was the Welshman Ron Davies with Southampton (37 goals).
The absolute record in the top flight of any era belongs to Dixie Dean: the Everton player found the net 60 times in 42 days in 1926/27 before being crowned champions. That season, in all competitions, Dean scored 63 goals. The Norwegian superstar has scored 51 goals since the start of the 2022-23 season.