Surpassing Super Kev - Erling Haaland removes Kevin Phillips from record books

Erling Haaland removes Kevin Phillips from Premier League record books

Surpassing Super Kev - Erling Haaland removes Kevin Phillips from record books

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring against Leeds United

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ERLING HAALAND became the quickest player to 20 Premier League goals with his brace against Leeds on Wednesday night - beating a record that was previously held by former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips.

Haalands two goals in his 14th appearance saw him smash the previous best of 21 set by formerBlack Catshitman Phillips in 1999-2000, the latest in a string of Premier League records since the Norwegians arrival at Manchester City.

What is his record - and how does he compare to those who came before him?

Haaland now has three doubles to go with his three hat-tricks, meaning he has scored multiple goals in almost half of his Premier League games to date.

Against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest he became only the sixth man to score back-to-back Premier League trebles, adding another against Manchester United three games later, while he struck twice on his league debut at West Ham, against Brighton in October and at Elland Road.

He has also scored against Newcastle, Aston Villa, Wolves, Southampton and Fulham, with Bournemouth, Liverpool and Brentford the only teams to keep him out so far.

The Reds also shut him out on his City debut in the Community Shield but in the Champions League he scored twice each against Sevilla and FC Copenhagen and a winner against Borussia Dortmund, before being substituted following a scoreless first half in the return fixture with his former club.

Phillips made a blistering start to life in the top-flight after Sunderland had won promotion from the second tier. Super Kev started his 30-goal Golden Boot season with five goals in his first six games Haaland had twice as many before reaching ten in ten with a hat-trick against Derby and a brace against Bradford.

Further doubles followed against Villa, Watford, Chelsea and Southampton before he too reached 20 in a game against Leeds, his 21st in the competition on January 23, 2000.

FormerNewcastle Unitedstriker Andy Cole, who is fourth on the all-time Premier League scoring list, took just two games longer than Phillips to score 20 goals with the Magpies after they won promotion to the Premier League.

Cole holds the record of 27 games to reach 25 top-flight goals, the next landmark in Haalands sights ahead of Citys weekend game with Everton.

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