Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland‘s astonishing scoring feats for Manchester City have been a “surprise”, with the Norwegian on the cusp of breaking the Premier League’s single-season aim report.
The 22-year-old netted his thirty fourth aim of the league marketing campaign in Sunday’s 2-1 win at Fulham, drawing him degree with joint Premier League single-season report holders Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
Haaland’s strike at Craven Cottage was his fiftieth aim of the season — he holds the all-competitions report by a Premier League participant for the reason that high flight was rebranded in 1992.
With a possible 10 video games remaining for treble-chasing City this time period, Haaland may even go Dixie Dean’s all-time English report of 63 targets set within the 1927/28 season.
The Everton participant’s mark of 60 top-flight strikes throughout that marketing campaign will certainly stay intact.
It has been an breath-taking first yr in English soccer for Haaland, however Guardiola is assured there may be much more come from the previous Borussia Dortmund star.
“It is a surprise for all of us — maybe not for him — to do what he’s doing in this difficult league but the way he behaves and has done it is for the success of the team,” he stated.
“Of course it is good for him and the crew if he breaks the information. It’s an excellent signal.
“The magnitude of a report is as a result of for a very long time it was not damaged. All information might be damaged at some point.
“I’m pretty sure he is going to score more goals in the Premier League until the end of the season.”
In-form City put themselves firmly answerable for the title race with their 4-1 rout of Arsenal final week.
But, after being pushed exhausting by Fulham, Guardiola just isn’t taking something with no consideration forward of City’s residence recreation towards West Ham on Wednesday.
“West Ham maybe didn’t do the season they expected but that doesn’t mean the quality is not there,” he stated.
“In the final two seasons with David Moyes they’ve been distinctive.
“The weapons are there, they are a good team. I don’t have doubts about them. In one game anything can happen. We have to be absolutely ready.”
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