Haaland becomes quickest EPL player to reach 100 goals

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to join the Premier League 100 goals club with his 17th-minute strike in Manchester City's wild 5-4 win over Fulham on Tuesday.

City looked to be cruising to victory after going up 3-0 early in the match and then leading 5-1 in the second half before an incredible rally by Fulham fell short.

Haaland broke Alan Shearer's long-standing record, scoring his 100th Premier League goal in just his 111th appearance. Shearer set the record in 1995 in his 124th match.

"I don't want to say the words, but when you're a striker for Man City, you should be delivering great numbers and that's my job," Haaland told Sky Sports after the win. "People should criticize me if I don't. That's normally what people do, so in the end ... I should deliver."

The Norway international's milestone Tuesday is just the latest Premier League record he has broken since he joined City in July 2022.

Tuesday's strike meant he surpassed a host of Premier League legends in the race to 100 goals, including Thierry Henry (141 games), Sergio Agüero (147 games) and Liverpool rival Mohamed Salah (162 games).

Haaland still has a way to go to break the Premier League's ultimate goal-scoring record, though. Shearer is still the league's career top scorer with 260 goals, which he hit during stints with Blackburn and Newcastle between 1992 and 2006.

Haaland's debut season with City brought a record 36 Premier League goals, and he collected a pair of Golden Boots at the earliest opportunity with 27 in 2023-24.

He scored 22 last season and so far has 15 in 14 appearances this time around, three clear of the pack as he chases his third top-scorer accolade.

"It's huge and I'm really proud and, of course, it's a massive thing," Haaland said. "The 100 club is a nice thing to be in."

Wolves are his favourite opponent, with 10 goals in six appearances including three and then four in his first two Etihad Stadium meetings with the Black Country club.

He has nine goals against West Ham and eight against Manchester United, in six games apiece. Tuesday's goal was his seventh in as many games against the Cottagers.

Haaland has scored against all 23 teams he has faced in the top flight -- Sunderland will be his only new opponents this season, with two games this month in which to add them to the list.