Erling Haaland has scored more Premier League goals than Chelsea and eight other teams after playing only 14 times.
The Norwegian, who has taken the English topflight by storm, reached the 20-goal mark when Manchester City saw off Leeds United 1-3 at the Elland Road on Wednesday.
Chelsea have managed only 19 goals in 15 matches, an unimpressive stat that has seen them eighth on the table with 24 points.
Asides from the London club, Haaland’s goal haul has seen him outscore eight other teams in the domestic flight.
They are Wolves: 10; Nottingham Forest: 11; Everton: 12; West Ham: 13; Southampton: 14; Palace: 15; Aston Villa: 17; and Bournemouth: 18.
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Haaland’s double helped Pep Guardiola’s men move to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the table as they bounced back from a shock defeat to Brentford before the World Cup.
Haaland now has 20 Premier League goals in just 14 appearances since joining City, but was still left unsatisfied after failing to beat Illan Meslier with three one-on-ones.
“I could’ve scored five, that’s the truth,” Haaland told Amazon Prime.
“We win, that’s the most important thing. You see Arsenal at the top now, we have to hunt them, but for me as a striker, I could’ve scored a couple more.
“That’s life, I have to practise more.”
Haaland should have made his mark inside 45 seconds as he was denied by a fine save from Meslier when clean through.
That set the tone for a first half of frustration for City as a series of glorious chances came and went.
Meslier won another battle with Haaland, while two glaring misses from Jack Grealish left Guardiola with his head in his hands.
However, Leeds crucially failed to hold out until half-time on level terms as the visitors finally made their dominance count in first half stoppage time.
Kevin De Bruyne opened up the Leeds defence for the opener and when Riyad Mahrez’s shot was parried by Meslier, Rodri swept the rebound into the net.
Grealish made some amends for his earlier misses by creating the second with a smart interception and unselfish pass for Haaland to roll into an empty net.
The City star acknowledged his Leeds past by refusing to celebrate, but it did not stop him from adding a second on the night from another Grealish cutback.
