Erling Haaland breaks Alan Shearer’s 30-year old Premier League record
Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland breaks Alan Shearer’s 30-year old Premier League record
Erling Haaland produced the 100th goal contribution of his Premier League career by scoring for Manchester City against Brighton on Saturday.
Haaland converted a penalty kick in the 11th minute of the game to net his 84th league goal since joining City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.
That, added to his 16 Premier League assists, saw Haaland become the first player to be directly involved in 100 goals before reaching 100 appearances.
Prior to Saturday, Alan Shearer held the record for being the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals and assists combined, having reached the landmark on his 100th appearance in the competition back in 1994.
Haaland got there in just 94 games.
Liverpool legend Mo Salah and Man United icon Eric Cantona each needed 116 games to reach the 100-goal mark.
Despite Haaland getting his side off to a fine start against Brighton, City dropped points at home for the sixth time in the Premier League this season.
Erling Haaland breaks Alan Shearer’s 30-year old Premier League record.
Brighton equalised midway through the first half when Pervis Estupinan beat Stefan Ortega with a well-placed free-kick.
City retook the lead before half-time thanks to a fine strike by Omar Marmoush from 23 yards but Brighton walked away from the Etihad Stadium with a 2-2 draw after an Abdukodir Khusanov own goal.
Speaking to BBC Match of the Day after Saturday’s game, City boss Pep Guardiola said: It was a good game. A tight game. I know how difficult it is to make the process which we’re in now.
‘The players gave everything. We take the point and we keep going. Of course, I have confidence and I always have. The young players played good. All the defenders were so clever. We were close, but unfortunately we couldn’t do it.’
