Erling Haaland made a new record of scoring 100 goals in the fewest matches in the English Premier League (EPL) football tournament. Holland joins England's legendary A...read more
Sports Desk, New Delhi. Erling Haaland set a new record for scoring 100 goals in the fewest matches in the English Premier League (EPL) football tournament as Manchester City won 5-4 despite a good comeback from Fulham.
Holland completed his century of goals by scoring the first goal for his team in the 17th minute of the game. This was his 111th match in the Premier League and thus became the player to score 100 goals in the fewest matches in this competition.
He broke the record of England legend Alan Shearer, who had achieved this feat in 124 matches. Manchester City team had a 5-1 lead at one time but after this Fulham made a brilliant comeback. He came close to scoring an equalizer in injury time but Josh King's effort failed.
Haaland expressed his disappointment at Manchester City's performance and told Sky Sports, "This kind of performance is not good and we all know that and we need to improve as a team." In other matches, Newcastle and Tottenham ended in a 2-2 draw while Everton beat Bournemouth 1-0 with a goal from Jack Grealish.
Olmo shines in Barcelona's win over Atletico
Barcelona strengthened its lead in the Spanish league La Liga by defeating Atletico Madrid 3-1 with the help of a goal from Dani Olmo. Olmo scored Barcelona's second goal in the 65th minute at the Camp Nou Stadium, but during this he fell and injured his left shoulder. He could not even celebrate the goal and had to leave the field.
Atletico took an early lead through Alex Baena's goal. Raphinha scored the equalizing goal for Barcelona in the first half. Ferran Torres, who came in place of Olmo, secured Barcelona's victory by scoring a goal in injury time.
With this win, Barcelona is four points ahead of Real Madrid. Fourth-placed Atletico is six points behind Barcelona after 15 matches.
Leverkusen knocked out Dortmund
Ibrahim Maja's first-half goal helped Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in the third round of the German Cup and knock them out of the tournament.
Maja scored the only goal of the match in the 34th minute. Meanwhile, his former team Hertha Berlin beat Kaiserslautern 6–1 to extend their winning streak to seven matches.
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