Haaland is already closing in on 20 goals for the season, after hitting a hat-trick in Sunday's Manchester derby victory
(Image credit: Matt McNulty – Manchester City via Getty Images)
Pep Guardiola has labelled Erling Haaland incomparable for his age, after the Manchester City striker continued his destructive start to Premier League life with a hat-trick in Sunday's 6-3 win over Manchester United.
Haaland's latest three-goal haul saw him become the first player in Premier League history to hit a hat-trick in three successive home games – and took his tally for the season to 17 in all competitions.
By one measure, the Norwegian is currently on course to end the campaign with 70 Premier League goals alone.
Haaland has netted in each of his last eight games for City (Image credit: Matt McNulty – Manchester City FC via Getty Images)
City host Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday night, and their manager has been singing Haaland's praises prior to that game. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Guardiola said:
"At his age, no one can compete with him. The numbers speak for themselves and inside – in the locker room – and on the pitch, we see things that are not in the stats that make us feel happy to have him here."
Haaland and Phil Foden both scored hat-tricks against Manchester United on Sunday (Image credit: Tom Flathers/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)
Haaland has struck three times in this season's Champions League – including an audaciously-finished winner against former club Borussia Dortmund in City's last group outing.
In 21 Champions League career appearances, the man who you have to think might be an alien has scored 26 goals – at an aptly unearthly average of one every 62 minutes.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...
