Erling Haaland has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record as the fastest man to score 100 goals for a European club, reaching his centenary for Manchester City in Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League draw with Arsenal.
The Norway international’s strike in the ninth minute at the Etihad Stadium, accelerating between Gabriel Magalhães and William Saliba before firing low past David Raya, put him at 100 goals in 105 appearances for City.
Arsenal held a lead late deep into second-half stoppage time, before John Stones scored an equaliser to salvage a point for the defending Premier League champions.
In 2011, Ronaldo scored his 100th goal for Real Madrid, also in his 105th match.
In 2024, Kevin De Bruyne became the 18th Manchester City player to reach 100 goals, achieving the accolade in his 372nd appearance for the club.
Haaland had already broken the record for most goals through four games of the Premier League season with nine, including two hat tricks.
That prolific start meant he went into Wednesday’s Champions League game at home to Inter Milan on 99 goals from 103 games and with a chance to break Ronaldo’s record.
But despite having a couple of first-half chances, the 24-year-old was left frustrated in a goalless draw.
John Stones’ 98th-minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw for Manchester City on Sunday against an Arsenal side who had to play the entire second half with 10 men following Leandro Trossard’s controversial red card.
In a pulsating game at Etihad Stadium between last season’s top two in the Premier League, Erling Haaland scored his 100th goal for City in just 105 appearances, giving the home side a ninth-minute lead. The Gunners responded impressively, though, as Riccardo Calafiori marked his league debut with a sublime left-footed strike before Gabriel Magalhães headed in Bukayo Saka’s 45th-minute corner.
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Trossard was dismissed for a second yellow-card offence in kicking the ball away after fouling Bernardo Silva, a moment that promoted a furious reaction from Gunners boss Mikel Arteta. City spent the entire second half camped on the edge of Arsenal’s box but looked destined to lose a league game at home for the first time in almost two years before Stones turned the ball home from close range after a scramble in the box following a short corner. — James Olley
Arsenal ill-disciplined or refereeing inconsistency?
For the second time in three Premier League games, Arsenal lost a player to a second yellow card for kicking the ball away.
Whereas Declan Rice was punished for a faint nudge against Brighton & Hove Albion, Trossard was dismissed here for booting the ball off into the distance after fouling Silva on the stroke of half-time. Both were technically correct decisions, but both were also examples of time wasting, which frequently go unpunished during matches — and often in the same games. Joao Pedro escaped censure for kicking the ball away in that Brighton contest while Jérémy Doku delayed the restarting of play in the first half in City’s favour without receiving a booking.
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