Erling Haaland continued his extraordinary first season in the Premier League on Saturday, notching his 30th league goal of the season in Manchester City’s 4–1 victory against Southampton.
Haaland’s record-setting goal happened during the 68th minute of the match. Man City’s Jack Grealish cut inside and dinked a cross over to Haaland, who completed an acrobatic overhead kick just past goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, giving Manchester City a 3–0 advantage.
Haaland’s 30 goals in only 27 Premier league matches marked the fewest games to accomplish the feat. Prior to his second goal, Haaland opened the scoring moments before halftime as he hung in the air and headed home an assist from Kevin De Bruyne.