Erling Haaland smashes these records in four-goal burst versus Wolves
Erling Haaland smashed several top-notch records to etch his name in Premier League's history books. The star striker scored a first-half hat-trick and then added another in the second half as Manchester City trounced Wolves 5-1. Two of Haaland's goals were penalties. With this win, Man City cut Arsenal's lead to one point with a game in hand. Here are the details.
Haaland races to 61 goals in the Premier League
Making his 63rd Premier League appearance, Haaland has scored 61 goals. He also owns 13 assists. In the ongoing season, Haaland has scored 25 goals (A5). For the second successive season, Haaland has 25-plus goals in the Premier League. He scored 36 goals in his debut season (A8). Haaland owns 36 goals in all competitons this season. He scored 52 goals last season.
Sixth PL hat-trick sees Haaland match Suarez's tally
Haaland registered his sixth Premier League hat-trick in under two seasons. By doing so, he matches Luis Suarez's tally of six Premier League hat-tricks. Sergio Aguero leads the way in terms of Premier League hat-tricks (12). The likes of Alan Shearer (11), Robbie Fowler (9), Michael Owen (8), Thierry Henry (8), Harry Kane (8) and Wayne Rooney (7) are above Haaland.
Haaland dominates the numbers since making his debut last season
As per Squawka, since Haaland made his debut in the competition, he owns the most goals (61), most goals inside the box (56), most left-footed goals (41), most penalties scored (13), most headed goals (11) and most hat-tricks (6).
Haaland joins these legends
Only three players have scored multiple first-half hat-tricks in Premier League history. Haaland has joined Andy Cole (2) and Owen (2) in this regard. Haaland is now the third player to score a home hat-trick against the same opponent in consecutive Premier League campaigns. He joined Fowler versus Arsenal (1994-95 and 1995-96), and Shearer versus West Ham (1994-95 and 1995-96).
Records for Haaland with 4-plus goals
The last four players to score 4+ goals in a Premier League game are Gabriel Jesus for City versus Watford (2022), Kevin De Bruyne for City vs Wolves (2022), Cole Palmer for Chelsea vs Everton (2024), Haaland (2024). Haaland is the 4th player to score 4+ goals in a Premier League game for Pep Guardiola after Aguero, Jesus, and De Bruyne.
Haaland goes close to Jesus
As per Opta, only Jesus (53rd minute vs Watford in April 2022) has scored four goals in a Premier League match earlier than Haaland versus Wolves (54th).
City are 20 games unbeaten in the Premier League
Man City are unbeaten in 20 Premier League matches since a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa back in December 2023. They have won 16 matches in this period in addition to drawing four. After 35 matches, Manchester City have 82 points (W25 D7 L3). They are one point behind Arsenal, who have 83 points after 35 matches. Manchester City's goal difference is +54.
City tame Wolves 5-1 at the Etihad
Josko Gvardiol was fouled inside the Wolves box and Haaland scored the resulting penalty. Rodri's assist for Haaland made it 2-0 in the 35th minute. Haaland scored another penalty after a VAR check as City were 3-0 up at half-time. Hwang Hee-chan pulled a goal back in the second half. Phil Foden helped Haaland score his 4th. Another Rodri assist saw Julian Alvarez score.
Key PL stats for Foden and Rodri
Foden registered his 26th Premier League assist, including eight this season (G16). Rodri's two assists took him to 21 in the Premier League, including nine this season (G7).
