Striker Erling Haaland just scored a hat-trick in Man City’s 5-1 victory over Fulham. And this is also his signature “hat-trick” in just 1 week.
Haaland’s hat-trick charm
Haaland joined Man City in the summer of 2022 and immediately showed incredible integration with terrifying scoring ability. And this season, the nightmare of defenders in the Premier League is still continuing.
In the recent match against Fulham , the Norwegian striker scored a hat-trick and contributed an additional assist to help Man City win 5-1 and maintain their winning record from the beginning of the season. 2023/24 tournament.
This is Haaland’s first hat-trick this season and there is a slight coincidence here as he also had his first hat-trick of the 2022/23 season in round 4 of the Premier League.
But not only that, Haaland seems to be repeating the same performance from last season. Accordingly, he scored 2 goals in round 1, failed in round 2, scored 1 goal in round 3 and scored a hat-trick in round 4.
In addition, Haaland also got his 5th hat-trick in the Premier League and became the fastest person to reach this milestone with only 39 matches. The person with the closest record to Haaland, Ruud van Nistelrooy, also needed 73 matches.
“Significant hat-trick” within 1 week
Scoring 3 goals in Man City’s impressive victory over Fulham, Haaland gave himself an impressive “hat-trick” in just 1 week.
The first is the fact that Haaland won the title of Best Player for the 2022/23 season of the PFA (British Professional Footballers Association). Then came the UEFA Player of the Year award and most recently a hat-trick to bring victory to Man City.
It can be said that the Norwegian striker has not shown a decline in performance compared to last season and is sometimes even more dangerous when he is familiar with his teammates and the play of the whole team.
With 6 goals in just 4 games, Haaland is leading the list of top scorers in the 2023/24 Premier League and is very likely to defend this title after winning it last season.
If Haaland continues his terrible goal-scoring form as it is now, it is only a matter of time before Haaland breaks more records. And the anti-fans who had hoped that he was just a “one-season player” are probably disappointed.
Breaking Cole’s record
Another record worth mentioning is that Haaland has contributed to 51 goals in just 39 Premier League games (42 goals and 9 assists). He became the fastest player to contribute 50 goals in Premier League history, surpassing Andy Cole’s old record (contributing to 50 goals in 43 games).
