Manchester City crushes Wolverhampton with hat-trick from record breaker Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland shone again this Sunday with a hat trick in Manchester City’s 3-0 victory against Wolverhampton, with which the Citizens put pressure on leader Arsenal on matchday 21 of the Premier League.

The Norwegian opened the scoring before the break (minute 40) and after the restart rounded off the hat trick (50 min penalty, 54 min) with which he reaches 25 goals this season.

This is his fourth hat-trick of goals in just 19 games played in the Premier League, breaking the record of the Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy who needed 65 games for that mark.

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In addition, thanks to his goals on Sunday, he now surpasses the 23 goals that Son Heung-Min and Mohamed Salah scored to finish last season as top scorers in the English championship.

Internally, Haaland is also breaking records. The Norwegian reached 18 Premier League goals scored at the Ethiad Stadium in a single season, surpassing the 16 of Argentine Sergio Kun Omen of the 2011/2012 season.

Since his arrival in Manchester, Haaland has scored 31 goals in all competitions in just the middle of the season.

Pushed by Haaland’s insatiable hunger, City thus achieved full of victories in a week packed with two games, after coming back from a pending game against Tottenham (4-2) last Thursday.

With two games more than the Gunners, the Citizens remain two points behind leaders Arsenal, who will have to overcome a difficult game against Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, who is fourth in the table.

For their part, Julen Lopetegui’s Wolverhampton, in the middle of the fight for permanence, suffered their second defeat in the championship since the arrival of the Basque coach, just before the stoppage for the World Cup in Qatar, although in between they have been eliminated from both English soccer cups.

They have 17 points, the same as Bournemouth (18th) but the better goal difference provisionally keeps Wolves out of the relegation zone, although on the next day they will host Liverpool (9th), their executioner in the FA Cup.

In the first game on Sunday, Leeds and Brentford drew 0-0.

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