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Erling Haaland scored 50 goals in 48 games.
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Since joining Manchester City in June 2022 Erling Holland He has broken goalscoring records and on Saturday, the striker continued to make history with his goal against Liverpool. 50th league goal For the Premier League title.
No player in Premier League history has scored a half-century quicker – Haaland has done it in 48 games. Former record holder Andrew Cole, who played for Manchester United and Newcastle United, took 65 games to reach the mark.
Haaland’s goal in the 27th minute gave the host City the lead, and Trent Alexander-Arnold equalized for Liverpool in the 80th minute.
“We played very well, a good performance,” City manager Pep Guardiola told BBC Sport. “I have no complaints or regrets, how proud I am of the team.”
Haaland found space between Liverpool’s central defenders and fired past goalkeeper Alisson Becker into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal to give Liverpool the win just as they were on the rise.
The game could not compare to the previous high performance between the two top teams of the era.
City’s Ruben Dias found the net only to be ruled out by Manuel Akanji’s goal-line foul on Alisson.
With 10 minutes to go, right-back Alexander-Arnold was able to score Liverpool’s hard-earned point after Mohamed Salah’s long-range shot into space.
“It’s a tough place to come and it’s no coincidence that he won them. I don’t know how many people there are at home. They are a super team,” Klopp told BBC Sport.
“Can we play better? Absolutely and we will… It’s a good point for us and I’m perfectly fine.
The result ended City’s perfect away record in 2023, a run that stretched to 23 games, and saw the Gunners leapfrog both sides in the table after beating Brentford earlier in the day.