Manchester City's Erling Haaland breaks another Premier League scoring record
The Norwegian was starting his second successive game following a two-month injury layoff, and after drawing a blank in the 3-1 win at Brentford last Monday, City's No.9 rediscovered his clinical touch in front of goal against the Toffees.
Pep Guardiola's side initially struggled to break down a resilient Everton backline and failed to register a single shot on target in the first hour of the contest, but they managed to make the breakthrough on the 71-minute when Haaland rifled a powerful right-footed strike beyond Jordan Pickford following a corner.
Five minutes from time, Haaland was fed through on goal by substitute Kevin De Bruyne and managed to shrug off a challenge from Jarrad Branthwaite before coolly slotting home a left-footed finish into the bottom corner to seal thee crucial points for the champions.
The 23-year-old has increased his goal tally in the Premier League to 52 in 53 appearances, with 51 of those goals netted in just 50 starts – more than any other player's half-century of starts in the competition.
Haaland's latest brace has also seen him increase his lead at the top of this season's Premier League scoring charts to 16, two clear of his nearest challenger Mohamed Salah (14).
Speaking to mancity.com after firing City to victory over Everton, Haaland said: «It's a fantastic feeling. It's fantastic to be back and it is also good to keep on winning. It's important. We have to keep on going.
»Yeah, it was a great goal [first goal] and a fantastic feeling. Back to normal finally, it's good to be back to normal. It was a great goal [second
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