Erling Haaland set this record ahead many legendary top strikers in the Premier League

Manchester City’s striker Erling Haaland was the best player on the pitch in the Mancunian derby in Old Trafford on the tenth day of the 2023/2024 Premier League season, where Manchester City got a 0-3 trash against the Red Devils, who were seriously affected by the result while the Citizen’s Norwegian striker got another important register in English football.

According to the sporting data company Opta Sports, the double scored by Erling Haaland against the Red Devils would have led the Norwegian striker to overtake registers of several legendary strikers in the league, with a great numbers of goals scored in a very few number of games, which leads him to complete an historic scoring rate in the Premier League.

Following these sources, Erling Haaland scores or assists every 64 minutes on average in the Premier League, the best rate of any player with at least 40 appearances. The Norwegian striker leads the list with a rate of 64, ahead of Thierry Henry (86), Sergio Agüero (86), Mohamed Salah (93) and Robin Van Persie (102).

The Norwegian striker leads this season’s top scorers classify 

The Manchester City striker currently leads the class of the top scorers in the current Premier League season with eleven goals scored in ten games of the 2023/2024 season, ahead of Mohamed Salah (8), Heung Min Son (8) and Callum Wilson (7).