Erling Haaland goals: Pep Guardiola compares goal machine Haaland to Cristiano Ronaldo, still calls his favourite Lionel Messi the complete player

Erling Haaland goals: Premier League Live: Manchester City kept their Premier League title chase alive after a 4-1 victory over Southampton. Erling Haaland returned from injury and got back to scoring goals as the Norwegian international netted two goals. Follow Premier League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

Haaland’s second goal, an impressive acrobatic finish, was a standout moment, bringing his total tally to 30 Premier League goals and 44 in all competitions for the season. He now only needs five more goals to surpass the Premier League record of 34 goals in a single season held by Andy Cole (93/94) and Alan Shearer (94/95).

Erling Haaland’s bicycle kick goal is actually a thing of beauty 🥰 pic.twitter.com/249Q7m2JmY

— junior✨Ej (@Cityzen_Jnr) April 9, 2023

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Erling Haaland reaches 30 goals

Against Southampton, Haaland added two more goals to his tally for the season, bringing his total in the English Premier League to 30 in his first season with City. The victory maintained the pressure on Arsenal in the title race.

Erling Haaland goals: Pep Guardiola compares goal machine Haaland to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi; Manchester City, Premier League, Kevin de Bruyne

Pep Guardiola on Haaland’s comparison with Messi & Ronaldo

When asked if Haaland is now at the levels associated with Ronaldo and Messi, Guardiola replied: “In terms of the thesis of scoring goals. He’s quite similar in terms of Cristiano but Messi is the more complete player. Messi can play wherever while Cristiano and Erling are machines. Erling knows those two guys dominated over two decades not just one or two seasons, winning titles and doing everything.”

“Football is a better place for Cristiano and Messi for what they have done for our business, the traction of these two guys competing at the big clubs. Erling is arriving in the toughest league in the world. I can talk as I’ve been in other leagues and doing what he has done is remarkable.”

“Erling is here for these types of games, it was a little bit hard but he has the ability from an incredible assist from Kevin [De Bruyne] to break the game.”

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Chelsea: 30 PL games, 29 goals

Haaland: 26 PL games, 29 goals pic.twitter.com/6EuWibSPj4

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) April 8, 2023

Erling Haaland stats that sound fake but are scarily true.

A Thread. pic.twitter.com/O9hL1zBCnx

— Barstool Football (@StoolFootball) April 8, 2023

Nah I’ve only just realised it now haaland only pulls this out on special occasions pic.twitter.com/mHd9OQxHqw

— eŵân (@ewan10i) April 8, 2023

Erling Haaland has 2⃣0⃣0⃣career goals 👏

He’s still only 𝟐𝟐-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬-𝐨𝐥𝐝 🤯 pic.twitter.com/8W8pTNQ3Iq

— LiveScore (@livescore) April 8, 2023

Erling Haaland has equalled Didier Drogba’s best single-season Premier League goal tally:

◎ 29 – Drogba (09/10, 32 games)
◉ 29 – Haaland (22/23, 27 games)

Drogba also got 10 assists that season. 😤 pic.twitter.com/EAJ4RKZfbt

— Squawka (@Squawka) April 8, 2023