It can't be luck -- Erling Haaland must have a goal-scoring sixth sense. With it, the treble is within grasp for Man City.
[Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.1)), RB Leipzig ( [Champions League](/soccer/league/_/name/uefa.champions)) and Burnley ( [FA Cup](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.fa)) in the space of eights days before the international break could define the season: "We have three games, each in a different competition, that will define our season," Guardiola said then. With the loss, Burnley had an 18-game unbeaten streak in all competitions snapped. Manchester United in the Carabao Cup. He scored twice in the first half, three minutes apart. The way his season is going, he was probably disappointed to only score twice in February, but he's making up for it in March. Burnley manager Vincent Kompany on the result: "The only thing I can say is that [the loss] takes nothing away from what the lads have done so far. The penalty area was full of Burnley defenders and City attackers but the ball fell to Haaland, who had drifted towards the back post. Kompany on his reception from Man City supporters: "When it actually happens it still takes you by surprise. [RB Leipzig](/soccer/team?id=11420) in the Champions League on Tuesday, of which Haaland has contributed eight. Well, the Man City manager couldn't have asked for much more. He's reached 42 goals in his first year in England and has found the net nine times in his last three games, including five against Kompany on Haaland: "My defenders are quick, all of them.
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‘What everyone sees is his goals [but] his movement in the box, his athleticism and pace to be on end of those balls….and he is at the right place for his development, with right coach. Cole Palmer, the 20 year old replacement for Haaland, would find himself with a clear opportunity to make it 5-0 on 67 minutes after Peacock-Farrell had deflected Foden’s cross into his path. Guess who was there, taking a perfectly coordinated swing first time and nailing the rebound for his hat-trick? This time it was the brilliance of Kevin De Bruyne’s ball inside right back Connor Roberts was simply impossible to defend, which was followed by Phil Foden rolling his cross into the path of Haaland for 2-0. Three minutes later Riyad Mahrez found De Bruyne and Alvarez finished the incisive move for 4-0. Foden was buzzing around like the best kid on the playground showing off and accelerated past his man on 60 minutes, tucked away his shot, only to see it rebound off the post. But it didn’t help Burnley that their positional reinterpretation of English football involved Ameen Al-Dakhill deciding not to track Haaland after initially challenging for a header on 32 minutes. They’re part of a special elite and even the very best defenders find it hard to stop those guys. They went man for man on City and refused to change their style of play. Kompany knew it was all too much, too young, a case of being drowned in praise before scrambling for the lifeboats. Someone like Erling will keep finding a way.’ That’s quite the list to be namechecked with. There isn’t a team in world football that permit do that and emerge unscathed.
Khadija Shaw has already set a new Man City record for goals in all competitions this season and is the top scorer in the WSL - four clear of her nearest ...
"I think that is a sign of a top player which is overlooked a little bit - that mentality. She missed a huge chance at 1-1 in the second half as City chased a vital three points away to a struggling Albion. She knows she is going to get opportunities and last week (against It is bravery to receive the ball when things aren't going well. [The Jamaican](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-women-fc) scored twice in a 2-1 win at Brighton last weekend, meaning she now has a remarkable 26 goals in 22 games in all competitions this season. "But that is what separates these strikers apart. But Shaw kept on plugging away and fired an 89th minute winner past Megan Walsh when latching onto a loose ball in the penalty area. Haaland, meanwhile, has 39 goals in 36 games, with his five-goal haul against RB Leipzig in a 7-0 win on Tuesday confirming he had broken the equivalent record for the men's team - which had stood unbroken for 94 years. Taylor's women's team are in the "She's got that real consistency now of scoring in important moments," said Taylor. A good character who has improved so much in her game this season and improved the players around her. "She's not just scoring singles now, but getting braces and trebles.
Erling Haaland has collected another match ball. The Norwegian striker took to the field on Saturday with 39 goals for the 2022-23 season and left with 42 ...
Haaland scored a first-half brace and completed his hat-trick in the 59th minute of the tie against Vincent Kompany’s Championship high-flyers. Haaland scored a first-half brace and completed his hat-trick in the 59th minute. The Norwegian striker took to the field on Saturday with 39 goals for the 2022-23 season and left with 42 goals in all competitions in his first season in blue.
Erling Haaland is in no mood to stop scoring and bagged yet another hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Burnley 6-0.
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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has reached 40 goals in his debut season in England after scoring against Burnley on Saturday.
A European football writer with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa América - and has spent much of that time in Spain. He currently divides his time between Barcelona and London. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has reached 40 goals in his debut season in English football after scoring twice in the first half in the FA Cup against Burnley on Saturday.
Erling Haaland scores his sixth hat-trick of the season and passes the 40-goal mark as Manchester City thrash Vincent Kompany's Burnley to reach the FA Cup ...
Cole Palmer (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Attempt blocked. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. - Shots - 2Walker - 18Ortega "He doesn't care because he is so positive, so optimistic, never complains. Clarets keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell left his line believing he could get to the ball first. It's bonkers." "He's fantastic, and this team must be a dream with the chances they create. "If he doesn't score he doesn't sleep at night. "He is at the right place for his development because he is still very young," said Burnley boss Kompany of Haaland.
Alan Shearer is the all-time Premier League top goalscorer, but Erling Haaland's white-hot form in his debut season could give punters pause that Shearer's ...
If I get the chances, there’s a good chance I’ll score.' 'If he doesn't score he doesn't sleep at night. and ex-Newcastle star claims Norwegian could hit '60 GOALS' before season is out Shearer is the all-time Premier League top goal scorer, with 260 goals scored during his storied career. Shearer is left in awe of 'BEAST' Erling Haaland after he netted his sixth Man City hat-trick to reach 42 goals for the season... He's coming for your record, Alan!
Julian Alvarez and Cole Palmer were also on the scoresheet.
Erling Haaland made it 42 goals for the season with another hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Burnley 6-0 to book their place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
69' - GOAL FOR CITY! Manchester City have reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in six of their seven seasons under Pep Guardiola. 32' - GOAL FOR CITY! Subs: Obafemi 5, Taylor 5, Bastien 5. Subs: Akanji 6, Palmer 7, Gomez 5, Phillips 5, Grealish n/a. Erling Haaland (Manchester City): The goal-machine will grab all the headlines again with another clinical performance.
Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is creating a "problem" for himself because he has been so good he's expected to score hat tricks in every game.
It's an honour to play Bayern and the semifinal in Wembley again. "We're in a good moment, definitely," Guardiola said. "This guy will have a problem in the future, people expect every game he scores three or four goals and this isn't going to happen," Guardiola said.
WHAT HAPPENED? Haaland has scored eight goals in his last two matches, having struck five times in the Champions League against RB Leipzig in midweek before ...
Getty WHAT THEY SAID: "This guy will have a problem in the future, people will expect him to score three or four goals in each game and this isn't going to happen," the City coach said at a press conference. Haaland has scored eight goals in his last two matches, having struck five times in the Champions League against RB Leipzig in midweek before firing in three as his side beat Burnley 6-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Erling Haaland is breaking goal-scoring records for Manchester City this season and is changing expectations in the Premier League and English soccer.
Much of the discussion around Haaland this season has focused on whether or not he has improved Manchester City as a team. “I think the goalscoring record in general puts you in a certain bracket, a certain category. Haaland has now found the back of the net 42 times for City in all competitions this season.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has reached 40 goals in his debut season in England after scoring against Burnley on Saturday.
Man City 6-0 Burnley: Julian Alvarez scored a brace and Cole Palmer was also on the scoresheet.
Manchester City forward's five goals in the Champions League against RB Leipzig shed light on the terror he could unleash on defenders if he continues in ...
He is as he is — a high-spec, Terminator-style No. He knows that he will have the chance, he will be there. But as it remains, he keeps scoring goals, from anywhere and everywhere, with any part of his body (even with his Samurai bun if he whims so), with minimum fuss, at any time of the game, in any part of the globe. Calling him a goalscorer is reductionist like all he knows is how to score goals. It is not just that he scores goals, but scores them at a bewildering frequency. He touched the ball just 30 times — but one in six ended up as a goal.
Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the FA Cup following an emphatic 6-0 win over Burnley on Saturday as striker Erling Haaland followed up his five ...
ETIHAD STADIUM, MANCHESTER — Kickoff was still more than two hours away at the Etihad Stadium as a steady stream of visiting Burnley fans — mostly young ...
Shortly afterwards, he was gone, eliciting a cheer from young fans outside the media room not old enough to remember all his finest deeds as a player. “The biggest thing for me is that his game can still improve and he looks to me like a superstar who is still willing to improve and that’s exciting to see. Kompany was still at it on the touchline, wringing all he could out of a surreal day. Guardiola was a comparatively less visible touchline presence during the early knockings and he slumped in his chair with some thinking to do. A warm embrace with Pep Guardiola followed, and the Burnley manager struggled to deliver some final instructions to Vitinho above the din of his City anthem to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. City went through the gears after halftime as Haaland added another matchball to his bulging collection and Julian Alvarez scored two goals courtesy of Kevin De Bruyne assists. A buoyant cup atmosphere was in full swing by the time Kompany emerged from the tunnel to rapturous applause, having stopped off to exchange pleasantries with Mike Summerbee, a City great from their previous golden era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Erling Haaland existed on the margins for the first half hour, but the best players always use this time to gather information. When the Norway striker won a long punt from Ortega, he timed his run to collect Julian Alvarez’s return ball and outfoxed Burnley goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell with a deft one-touch finish. Kompany’s ex-teammate Craig Bellamy was among the first batch of post-takeover signings in January 2009 and proved a popular player during a brief and occasionally tumultuous stay. Signed from Hamburg for £6 million, Kompany joined City at the very end of that era on August 22, 2008. He’d have chalked up many more but for recurrent debilitating calf injuries, but those struggles simply endeared Kompany to the City faithful even more.
Vincent Kompany took his in-form Burnley side to Manchester City on an emotionally charged day when Erling Haaland again stole the headlines.
Shortly afterwards, he was gone, eliciting a cheer from young fans outside the media room not old enough to remember all his finest deeds as a player. “The biggest thing for me is that his game can still improve and he looks to me like a superstar who is still willing to improve and that’s exciting to see. Kompany was still at it on the touchline, wringing all he could out of a surreal day. Guardiola was a comparatively less visible touchline presence during the early knockings and he slumped in his chair with some thinking to do. A warm embrace with Pep Guardiola followed, and the Burnley manager struggled to deliver some final instructions to Vitinho above the din of his City anthem to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. City went through the gears after halftime as Haaland added another matchball to his bulging collection and Julian Alvarez scored two goals courtesy of Kevin De Bruyne assists. A buoyant cup atmosphere was in full swing by the time Kompany emerged from the tunnel to rapturous applause, having stopped off to exchange pleasantries with Mike Summerbee, a City great from their previous golden era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Erling Haaland existed on the margins for the first half hour, but the best players always use this time to gather information. When the Norway striker won a long punt from Ortega, he timed his run to collect Julian Alvarez’s return ball and outfoxed Burnley goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell with a deft one-touch finish. Kompany’s ex-teammate Craig Bellamy was among the first batch of post-takeover signings in January 2009 and proved a popular player during a brief and occasionally tumultuous stay. Signed from Hamburg for £6 million, Kompany joined City at the very end of that era on August 22, 2008. He’d have chalked up many more but for recurrent debilitating calf injuries, but those struggles simply endeared Kompany to the City faithful even more.