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Haaland breaks Cole and Shearer’s record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season
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Norwegian Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has set the Premier League record for most goals scored in a single season.
On Wednesday, the 22-year-old striker, who spends his first season in the Premier League, scored in the 71st minute of the home match of the 28th round of the championship of England against West Ham, the score of the meeting at the moment is 2:0.
Haaland scored 35 goals in 31 Premier League games this season, beating Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who both scored 34 goals in the 1993/94 and 1994/95 seasons with Newcastle and Blackburn respectively.
The last player to score more goals in a season in the top flight of the championship of England was Ron Davies, who scored 37 goals for Southampton in the 1966/67 season.
Source: Sportbox
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