Erling Haaland wins second straight Golden Boot as Manchester Metropolis retain Premier League title

Erling Haaland has gained his second Golden Boot in as many Premier League seasons, having helped hearth Manchester Metropolis to a file fourth consecutive title.

The Norwegian hitman wasn’t fairly as prolific as final time period – when he exploded onto the Premier League scene by discovering the online 36 occasions, setting a brand new single-season file – however his haul of 27 targets in 2023/24 noticed him end 5 away from second-placed Cole Palmer of Chelsea within the high scorer stakes.

Haaland did not rating as Metropolis beat West Ham 3-1 on the Etihad Stadium to safe the title on the ultimate day, however he nonetheless in the end proved untouchable within the race for the Golden Boot.

The 23-year-old averaged simply shy of a objective per league sport in 2023/24, hitting a hat-trick towards Fulham in September and registering 4 occasions towards Wolves earlier this month.

However Haaland’s most vital targets got here within the type of a brace in Metropolis’s 2-0 victory at Tottenham on Wednesday evening, the outcome which despatched Pep Guardiola’s aspect high of the desk forward of Arsenal heading into the ultimate day.

In scooping one other Golden Boot, the previous Borussia Dortmund man turns into the primary participant to win the award outright in successive seasons since Harry Kane for Tottenham in 2015/16 and 2016/17.

With the FA Cup last towards Manchester United nonetheless to come back subsequent Saturday, Haaland is 2 targets away from 40 in all competitions for the third time in three years – having netted 52 occasions altogether final time period and 41 occasions in his penultimate marketing campaign at Dortmund.

Remarkably (or not, should you’ve watched a lot of Erling Haaland), he is already simply 10 targets off 100 for Metropolis. 

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