Manchester City put the pressure on Arsenal by beating Leicester 3-1 on Matchday 31 of the Premier League. The defending champion is 3 points behind the Gunners, who will play at West Ham on Sunday.
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With his double in the first period, the Norwegian Erling Haaland equaled the record of 32 goals scored in a season at 38 days. Facing the penultimate of the championship, Stones – replaced by Manuel Akanji in the 46th – first opened the scoring with a nice recovery at the entrance to the area (5th), before Haaland doubled the lead ( 12e/pen).
He offered his 5th double of the season (25th), with a stung ball, to which we can add four hat-tricks during the 28 meetings he played. The 22-year-old striker was replaced at the break by Julian Alvarez.
Eight days to do better
Liverpool’s Egyptian Mohamed Salah was the only striker to score 32 goals in a season since the Premier League expanded to 20 clubs in 1995/96, making 36 appearances in 2017/18. Haaland still has eight matchdays to do better, with City one game behind.
The all-time record of 34 goals in a Premier League season is held jointly by Andy Cole with Newcastle in 1993/94 and Alan Shearer the following year with Blackburn. The English elite then had 22 teams and 42 days.
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