Erling Haaland only played for 45 minutes against Leicester City on Saturday but it was still more than enough time for the Manchester City striker to equal another record.

Starting the game on 30 Premier League goals, he was on 32 by the time 25 minutes had elapsed at the Etihad Stadium, his first goal a penalty and the second a delicate clipped finish over Daniel Iversen in the Leicester goal. It was that one that tied Mohamed Salah's record for most goals in a 38-game Premier League season, set in 2018.

Only Andy Cole and Alan Shearer have scored more goals in a single season (34), and they had 42 games to do it. Manchester City still have eight league games left this season, while progress in the Champions League and FA Cup would lift that number to 14.

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It raises the possibility that Haaland could eclipse the greatest goal-scoring season in English football history.

No one will ever touch Dixie Dean's 60 league goals for Everton in 1927-28 but Haaland could, in theory, better his 63 goals in all competitions. He has got 47 goals in 40 games at a rate of 1.18 goals per game, and if it was to continue for another 14 games, he would end the season on 64.

It's unlikely, but then Haaland shouldn't have been able to decimate the Premier League in his first season in England at the age of just 22. When it comes to the Norway striker, you just never know.