Manchester City He remained the sole leader of the Premier League English after winning 3-1 against West Ham in London, with a new hat trick Erling Haalandthis Saturday after the tie between Arsenal y Brighton (1-1), his teammates on the classification podium.
The team of Pep Guardiola signed a third consecutive victory in three Premier League games, a perfect start that only the Liverpool is in a position to equalize in case of victory on Sunday at Old Trafford against the Manchester United.
At the London Stadium, the champions of the last four editions of the Premier, made the difference thanks to Haaland, whose goal counter now shows seven goals, a week after a first hat-trick against the Ipswich Town (4-1).
And the 24-year-old striker was close to scoring in added time, but ran into the Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianskiwho had replaced the Frenchman at half-time Alphonse Areolainjured.
The ‘Hammers’ had several scoring chances, such as the shot from Mohammed Kudus who rejected the post (52) or the Crysencio Summerville deflected by the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson (90+6), but his goal came with the help of the opponent.
He was, in effect, the Mancunian defender Rubén Dias the one who sent within his networks a center of Jarrod Bowennew West Ham captain instead of Kurt Zoumaloaned to Saudi football.
Haaland’s dominance in the Premier League is shocking. He has seven goals, more than any other team in the league. He did thirty years that it was not common for a player to score two hat tricks in the first three games of the tournament, since Paul Jewellpara Bradford, a 1994.
After his arrival in England two seasons ago, the Norwegian has been playing 69 parties Premier League, in which he became 70 goalsmore than one goal per game. At this time, his competitors in the local competition look at him from a distance: Mohamed Salah he scored “just” 39 points and Ollie Watkins made 34, while Alexander Isak y Bukayo Sakathey converted 30 each.
After the victory against West Ham, the Norwegian has accumulated a total of eight hat-tricks in the Premier League and it is a matter of time before he becomes the top scorer in history in that area. Today the list dominates Sergio Aguerowho scored 12 with the same light blue shirt although in 275 games, 206 more than good old Erling.
Other three-man scorers on the list are Alan Shearerwith 11 in 441 games; Robbie Fowler scored 9 in 379; Michael Owen8 in 326; Harry Kane8 in 320, and Thierry Henry8 in 258.
“Some of my teammates have six Premier League trophies, I have a lot of work ahead of me,” he responded after his performance against West Ham. From another planet.