First of all, note that if everything is true, it’s for fun. This Thursday, October 6, British supporters have launched a petition on the English government’s website to exclude Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who has scored 14 goals in just 8 Premier League games, from the championship. Why ? For them, the Norwegian from Manchester City is “a robot and not a human”, laughs the petition.
It was removed from the government site but had time to collect… 2 million signatures. All the same ! In England, the law specifies that any petition gathering more than 100,000 signatures must be debated in the British parliament. We do not know who the signatories are: perhaps Manchester United fans whom the Norwegian humiliated last Sunday (6-3) by scoring a hat-trick with City.
He breaks all the records or almost
Erling Haaland, 22, can in any case breathe: he will not be fired from anywhere. He will be able to continue to pile up goals with Manchester City. He has 14 goals in the Premier League, and 5 (in just 3 games) in the Champions League. In the league, he scored three consecutive home hat-tricks. These staggering statistics allow him to explode all records. No player had scored three Premier League hat-tricks in less than 48 games. Haaland did it in 8 encounters.
After less than a quarter of the championship, how many goals will the phenomenon Haaland, who scored twice in the Champions League on Wednesday in the victory over Manchester City (5-0), finish the season? The Premier League record is set at 34 goals, co-held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Haaland is likely to beat him. Nobody seems to be able to stop the Norwegian, not even a petition.