Yesterday’s Manchester City-Leeds United match witnessed a rare moment in the English Premier League. Manchester City’s Norwegian super striker Erling Haaland, who continues to chase goals in the league, surpassed his father’s goalscoring record with a double in the match against Leeds United. And that too against the team he wore his jersey with his father as a witness in the gallery.
Alfie Holland, who shone as a right back and midfielder, scored 18 goals in 187 matches in the Premier League. However, it took only 14 matches for his son Erling Haaland to overcome this. The 22-year-old described this achievement with his father as a special moment in his career. The actor said that he is very happy about this. Alfie played for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League from 1993 to 1997 and played for Leeds from 1997-2000. He also played for Manchester City from 2000 to 2003. Has played 34 matches for Norway.
Erling Haaland scored in the 51st and 61st minutes to give City a 3-1 win over Leeds United. Rodri opened City’s account in first-half injury time. Haaland had a golden opportunity for his fourth hat-trick of the season, but Meslier knocked it away. Leeds’ consolation goal was through Pascal in the 73rd minute. Holland has scored 20 goals in 14 games in the Premier League so far. With this, he also holds the record of being the fastest player to score 20 goals in the Premier League. Kevin Phillips’ record of 20 goals in 21 games is legendary. Haaland’s goal tally for City now stands at 26 in 20 games.