Erling Haaland‘s third straight home English Premier League hat-trick led Manchester City to continue its demolition of Manchester United on a demoralizing afternoon for Erik ten Hag’s side.
Haaland is currently too unstoppable, too voracious, and just too monstrous for the opponents. The former Dortmund man can also produce, as he did with the crosses that enable Phil Foden to complete his hat-trick with his second and last finish.
Now let’s see what records were broken by this soccer maestro.
Consecutive Hattricks
Haaland became the only player in Premiership history to accomplish hat-tricks in three straight home games when he flicked Sergio Gomez’s cross into the back of the net midway into the second half to give City a 5-1 lead.
Haaland’s extraordinary run for City gave him 17 goals in 10 matches so far, which made him say, “Yeah, not bad. We scored six goals, what can you say? It’s nice. We always want to go forward, we always want to attack. This is what I love about the team. In the end, it’s amazing. There’s nothing more to say.”
Involvement in direct goal
Haaland contributed to five of City’s goals, scoring three times and dishing out two assists. No soccer player has ever been involved in more goals in a single Manchester derby in the Premier League.
Additionally, City stunned its visitors right from the start. Within ten minutes, they were in the lead after regulating the ball and the field. Only frantic defense from McTominay and De Gea kept them unbroken before Foden’s opening goal.
Europe’s highest scorer
Haaland now has 14 goals in eight League Matches, putting him by a significant margin the top scorer in Europe’s top five leagues. His three goals on Sunday brought his total to 14, and his nearest rival in the European league is Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona, who has nine goals, and Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain, who has eight.
One of the youngest scorer
Haaland became the second-youngest Manchester City player to score in a Manchester derby with his first-half header. The youngest is Kelechi Iheanacho, who netted against Manchester United in September 2016 at the age of 19 years and 243 days. Apart from that, Haaland’s contribution and assists also broke a few records.
52-year record
Since Francis Lee scored three goals in a 4-1 victory for City at Old Trafford in 1970, Haaland is the first City striker to net a hat-trick against the Red Devils.
On that particular day, Haaland was not the sole Manchester City player to score three goals. Along with his initial goal, Foden scored one right before halftime, and in the 72nd minute, he scored City’s sixth goal. Haaland assisted on all four of Foden’s goals.
