Manchester City star Bernardo Silva compared Erling Haaland to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after he broke Mohamed Salah's Premier League record.
The Norwegian striker bagged his 33rd goal in the league after netting in the Citizens' 4-1 thrashing of Arsenal on Wednesday night.
In doing so, Haaland overtook Salah and now holds the record for most goals in a 38-game Premier League campaign.
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Silva had some high praise for his teammate after the win on Wednesday, comparing him to superstars as he moved on to 49 goals across all competitions.
"The goal figures, it's unbelievable; it's Cristiano and [Lionel] Messi level, that amount of goals," he told Arab News.
"Hopefully Erling can keep going that way because we need his goals until the last game of the season.
"He has definitely got the same mentality as Cristiano, always wanting to be in the box, always wanting to score. He doesn't care if he touches the ball one or two times, when he touches he scores. He's just a proper striker.
"We knew what Erling could do before he arrived because he's been doing that for a few years before he joined us, in Norway, Austria and Germany. We watched him and we played against him, but you never know when he comes here, what level he can get to.
"But what he's done so far this season has been amazing and we are really happy to have him with us. He's definitely a special player and he's helping us very much. I hope he can get even better."
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