Erling Haaland has just scored a hat-trick contributing to Man City’s 6-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-finals. It was the Norwegian striker’s second hat-trick in a week, thereby helping him to set a series of records.
It is not an exaggeration to compare Haaland with the previous excellent student Lionel Messi of coach Pep Guardiola.
“Awful! With his current form, Erling Haaland could end this season with 60 goals,” said former striker Alan Shearer – who holds the record for most goals in Premier League history with 260 goals. – exclaimed so in the comment cabin, when watching the Man City striker score a hat-trick in a 6-0 destructive victory over Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-finals this morning.
Burnley’s 3 goals are Haaland’s sixth hat-trick in the 2022/23 season and the Norwegian striker’s second consecutive hat-trick. That feat was realized right after he played a superhero with 5 goals against Leipzig in the second leg of the 1/8 round of the Champions League.a few days ago to contribute to Man City’s 7-0 victory.
According to Opta statistics, the number of hat-tricks (in all competitions) of all players participating in the Premier League this season is not equal to Haaland alone.With 3 goals against Burnley, Haaland joins the list of legends scoring in the land of fog.
He became the fifth player in the Premier League to surpass 40 goals in all competitions in a single season. Specifically, Haaland is on par with superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring record in the 2007/08 season (more than Andy Cole and Harry Kane once “shooting”), and only needs 3 more goals to shove. broke the record of scoring 44 goals in a season that Mohamed Salah (season 2017/18) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (season 2002/03) own.
With Man City still participating in many arenas, Haaland will surely soon surpass his seniors, even scoring up to 60 goals this season like the legend of Shearer.What Haaland is doing is amazing, especially for a player who has just started his first season in the Premier League.
Confidence, power and speed, along with the ability to “sniff” great opportunities, along with extremely accurate finishing ability, make Haaland a unique striker of contemporary world football. Commenting on this 22-year-old striker, Burnley’s coach Vincent Kompany did not hesitate to put Haaland on the same level as the legends: “I have faced Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and I think Erling Haaland has the unique qualities to be a GOAT!”.
With Erling Haaland, coach Guardiola has a new Lionel Messi!Burnley 6-0 is a match that fans of the Blue Man can rub their hands in satisfaction.
Coach Pep Guardiola has built an attack with destructive power, but at a very young age under the guidance of Haaland. It must be recalled that, in addition to Haaland’s brilliant form, 23-year-old striker Julian Alvarez is also excellent with a double and a “cleaning” pass. The man who raised the score to 5-0 for City, Cole Palmer was also 20 years old.
And 22-year-old winger Phil Foden, although not “fired”, but also contributed to the list of assists. It can be affirmed that these young stars are the bright future of the Etihad Stadium team.Back to Haaland’s great scoring form. That is the element that Man City lacked in previous seasons to become European champions.
Before the Norwegian striker joined Etihad, coach Guardiola always complained about the lack of a top-class goalscorer, like before at Barcelona he had Lionel Messi. There are even seasons, when the Spanish strategist does not have a real “Number 9”, so much so that he has to lift midfielder Kevin de Bruyne to the stone as a “virtual 9”.
With Haaland’s current “heavy” scoring style, the Green Man can fully dream the boldest dreams.In other words, with an “alien”-like striker Haaland in attack, Man City can overcome the leading team Arsenal, in the acceleration phase, to successfully defend the Premier title.
League this season. Pep Guardiola’s side can also wipe out upcoming opponents in the Champions League, firstly Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, to realize their dream of becoming a European hegemon for the first time in history.
