Haaland reaches milestone with goal against 25th Premier League team — SkimNews
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- Erling Haaland scored in the 81st minute against Sunderland, completing a record of having scored against all 25 Premier League clubs he has faced for Manchester City — Sunderland had been the only side he'd previously failed to score against, drawing blanks in two matches last season.
- Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-3, with Enzo Fernández, Rayan Cherki and two goals from Antoine Semenyo putting City ahead before Haaland's late strike; Brian Brobbey netted a hat trick for the visitors.
- Haaland's goal was his 117th Premier League strike, and his five goals this season put him top of the Golden Boot race, one ahead of Alexander Isak, who scored Liverpool's winner against Bournemouth on the same day.
- Brian Brobbey became the first player to score a Premier League hat trick and end up on the losing side since Roque Santa Cruz for Blackburn against Wigan in December 2007, and the first Sunderland player to score a top-flight hat trick since Jermain Defoe a decade ago.
- Enzo Maresca became the sixth manager to win his first five Premier League games in charge of a club, joining Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea), Pep Guardiola (Man City), Craig Shakespeare (Leicester), Maurizio Sarri (Chelsea) and Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Man Utd).
Why it matters: Haaland now leads the Premier League Golden Boot race with five goals — one ahead of Alexander Isak — and sits on 117 career PL goals after completing a scoring sweep against every opponent he has faced for City, a pace of milestone-breaking unmatched by his peers.
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