Elling Haaland (Manchester City), who is only 22 years old, has broken a 20-year-old record.
Haaland played against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2022-2023 European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England on the 12th (Korean time).
Holland took the lead in a 3-0 win with one goal and one assist. Manchester City are virtually on the verge of advancing to the quarterfinals.
Haaland scored 45 goals in all competitions in the 2022-2023 season. 30 goals in the Premier League, 11 goals in the Champions League, 3 goals in the FA Cup and 1 goal in the Carabao Cup.
The British media ‘Mirror’ reported that ‘Holland erased the icons of Manchester United and Liverpool from the history books as he set a new record’.
Mirror explained: ‘Haaland became the first Premier League player in history to score 45 goals in all competitions in one season’.
His previous tally was 44 goals. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United striker in the 2002-2003 season, and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool striker in the 2017-2018 season, are the main characters.
Van Nistelrooy scored 25 Premier League goals, 14 Champions League goals, 4 FA Cup goals and 1 League Cup goal during the 2002-2003 season. Van Nistelrooy swept the Premier League and Champions League top scorers this season. Manchester United won the Premier League title, but were eliminated in the Champions League by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Salah scored 32 Premier League goals, 11 Champions League goals and 1 FA Cup goal in the 2017-2018 season. Salah is the Premier League’s top scorer. The Champions League top scorer was Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in his prime at Real Madrid at the time. Liverpool finished fourth in the Premier League and runners-up in the Champions League.
Haaland is currently top scorer in the Premier League and top scorer in the Champions League. Manchester City have 9 Premier League games left. They are also in the semifinals of the FA Cup. Up to six games will be added if both the Champions League and FA Cup reach the final. If Haaland plays all games without injury, breaking 50 goals seems to be easy.
Meanwhile,안전놀이터 Haaland is also close to breaking the record for most goals in a Premier League season. The 34 goals of Andrew Cole (Newcastle) in the 1993-1994 season and Alan Shearer (Blackburn) in the 1994-1995 season are the current record. At this time, it was a 42-game system in one season. In the 38-game system, Salah’s 32 goals in the 2017-2018 season is the most.