Manchester City’s English striker Erling Haaland became the 21st century’s top scorer in terms of average goals scored per match, reports PopFoot on the “X” social network.
The 24-year-old player has scored 257 goals in 315 matches this century. Thus, he scores an average of 0.82 goals per match. For comparison, the world champion of the Argentine national team, eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has an indicator of 0.78 – he has scored 838 goals in 1069 matches. Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the Ballon d’Or five times, scored 897 goals in 1069 matches in the 21st century.
Erling Haaland was named the best player of the English Manchester City in the 2022/23 season. He played in 52 matches in all competitions, scoring 52 goals and making 9 assists. It is worth noting that this was the Norwegian player’s first season in the English Premier League (EPL). In the last season of the English Championship, Haaland played in 31 matches for City and scored 27 goals. Manchester City became the champions of England. City reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but lost to Real Madrid, who eventually won the trophy.
Previously Manchester City with a score of 2:0 hit Chelsea faced each other in the first round of the Premier League.
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Source: Gazeta
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