The Erling Haaland machine is on the move again. Scorer in the last Premier League match of Manchester City against Fulham, two weeks after his return to competition, the Norwegian crack then made the nets tremble as a national team during two victories in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, against Italy and Estonia. He always finds a smile at the Club World Cup in the United States.
Scorer against Al-Ain (6-0), Haaland participated in the Cityzens offensive festival before Juventus (2-5), Thursday in Orlando. Coming into play at halftime instead of Omar Marmoush, the cyborg pushed a center of Matheus Nunes (52nd) to the bottom of the net. He also benefited from a little success by marking the right after having missed his control from the left.
Jérémy Doku (9th), Phil Foden (69th) and Savinho (75th) are the other Mancunian scorers, Pierre Kalulu having scored a CSC in favor of the formation of Pep Guardiola, who will face al-Hilal in the round of 16 of the tournament.
Haaland just behind Mbappé
Haaland becomes the second youngest player to reach the 300 goals in professional career in the 21st century behind Kylian Mbappé, at 24 and 340 days, while the “Kyks” had scored his 300th professional goal at 24 and 333 days. The two statistical phenomena therefore have similar times of passage …
After two first years at 52 goals and then 38, the former Dortmund player is 33 achievements in 47 games, including 22 in the Premier League and 8 in the Champions League. Erling Haaland also is a hit with his selection and notably compiled 11 goals during the year 2024. The victory against the Italians (3-0), on June 6, opens the doors to a qualification for the 2026 World Cup for Norway.
