Man City boss Pep Guardiola praises 'unique' Erling Haaland for 'unbelievable' scoring and predicts more records broken

Pep Guardiola described Erling Haaland as «unique» after the Manchester City striker broke the Premier League record for most goals in a single season. Haaland’s 35th league goal of the season — in just 31 appearances — earned him the record for most goals scored in a Premier League season, for both 38-match and 42-match campaigns. Ad The 22-year-old now boasts 51 goals in 45 club appearances this season and will be fancied to add to that with potentially nine remaining games for City in the league, Champions League and FA Cup to come.

Premier LeagueHaaland breaks Premier League goal record for single season2 HOURS AGO City moved back to the top of the league table, a point clear of Arsenal, with a 3-0 win over West Ham. If they win their game in hand they would go four points clear, making them even clearer favourites for another league win under Guardiola. “Every game is hard, we didn’t play bad.

The second half was much better,” he told Sky Sports. “I am really pleased, five games left, one of the games we had in hand we used well. We recover quick for Saturday at 3pm against Sam Allardyce [at home against Leeds].

Haaland breaks Premier League record as Man City return to top of table Liverpool edge closer to Champions League places with win over Fulham Haaland breaks Premier League goal record for single season “We were a little bit anxious in the first half. When there are games and games and games sometimes you drop a little bit. We dropped a little bit but not much.” Turning to Haaland, he was full of praise: “It is unbelievable how many goals he has scored — so many important goals to help us win games.

“He is a unique person, as a player but also the person is special. He deserved the guard of honour. “It is an