A Manchester City star has admitted he was wrong about goalscoring machine Erling Haaland, who brought up a half-century of strikes for the club this past weekend.
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In the Citizens' 2-1 away victory over Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday, Haaland converted a penalty to score his 50th goal of the season.
Many believed the 22-year-old would battle to replicate the form he showed in Germany with his latest team in England, with his impact even taking teammate Kyle Walker by surprise.
"I could see his quality when we played against him in the Champions League," he said, according to the Daily Mirror.
"But did I feel he could hit the ground running and get the goals he's done? Of course not.
"To come to a new league and a new team, it's always going to be difficult. That shows the level of the player, the maturity of the young boy at 22. Long may it continue. It's extraordinary what he's done.
"I've had the privilege to play with him and Harry Kane now who, for me, are up there with the best out-and-out number nines. The goals they both score are tremendous. Erling has taken it to a new level now.
"He's set the bar, he's only young and he needs to keep doing this season in, season out, to hopefully keep on breaking more records and keeping the form he is in."
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Haaland has scored once in the Carabao Cup, three times in the FA Cup, 12 times in the UEFA Champions League and 34 times in England's top division this season, equalling Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's all-time record.
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