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Haaland equals Salah's record for goals in 38-match Premier League season

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Erling Haaland scored twice in the first half of Manchester City's match against Leicester on Saturday to equal Mohamed Salah's record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League season.

The Norway forward scored his 46th goal in all competitions from the penalty spot in the 13th minute to make it 2-0 to the defending champions after a John Stones opener.

The prolific striker made it 3-0 when he dinked the ball over Daniel Iversen after a clever pass from Kevin De Bruyne.

Liverpool's Salah scored 32 goals in the 2017-18 season.

The overall single-season record of 34 goals in the Premier League era - set in the days of 42 games per side - is jointly held by Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer.

Haaland's goal in City's 3-0 demolition of Bayern Munich this week was his 45th for the club in all competitions in an incredible debut campaign for Pep Guardiola's team.

That broke the all-competitions goal record by a Premier League player since the English top flight was rebranded in 1992.

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