In the second half of the week 4 encounter between Manchester City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium, Haaland changed the game.
For the first time in Premier League’s history, Manchester City came back from a two-goal deficit at halftime, this was City’s fourth outing in the Premier League in which they have gone two goals down.
City sought as near to a goal guarantee as they could find when they acquired Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, and on Saturday the Norwegian striker delivered, scoring three goals in the span of 20 minutes to transform what might have been another home loss to Palace into a triumph.
After playing with a false nine for two seasons after Sergio Agüero retired, City is still getting used to having a striker with Haaland’s physical presence.
On January 12, 2020, Agüero scored the 12th hat trick of his Premier League career against Aston Villa in a 6–1 away victory at Villa Park, taking his individual tally past Henry’s 175-goal mark and his possible replacement in the team, Erling Haaland, got his first Premier League hat trick against Crystal Palace last Saturday.
The analytical editors at www.atspo.com are speculating as to whether Haaland is filling Agüero’s vacuum in Pep Guadiola’s squad in the English Premier League.
Fans of Manchester City will forever love the Argentine striker after Agüero managed 260 goals for City in 389 appearances and he stands in a position as the All-time club top scorer, and the Norwegian striker has started to show glimpses of what Agüero did for the Citizens.
After the game, Charlotte Marsh of Sky Sports said that Erling Haaland would be the ideal Premier League replacement for Sergio Agüero because of how well he performed offensively.
The senior digital football journalist at Sky Sports said, “But as ever, they could and they did, with the Norway international already demonstrating the attributes that mean he is Aguero’s clear successor. Haaland has scored five goals in his first four Premier League appearances – only Aguero (6) has netted more in his first four games for the club in the Premier League.”
