Man City defeated Fulham in an epic match with 9 goals (5:4), and Holland scored a hundred goals in the Premier League. Goal Erling Holland opened the scoring and allowed him to reach that mark of 100. Guardiola noted that the Norwegian had long since secured his place among the league’s greatest strikers of all time.
In an incredible match at Craven Cottage, Holland scored the first goal and became the fastest player to reach three figures. The 25-year-old achieved this in 111 games – 13 quicker than previous record holder Alan Shearer.
Phil Foden’s brace, along with Tijani Rangers’ strike and Sander Berge’s own goal, put City 5-1 up early in the second half. But “Fulham” organized a bright comeback, scoring three times in 20 minutes and reducing the deficit to 4:5. Mav City still held on for an important victory, thanks to which they closed the gap on the leader “Arsenal” to two points.
Kermanich Man City Pep Guardiola expressed his great admiration for Holland’s latest incredible achievement:
“When I arrived, if you had told me he would score 100 goals in 111 games, I would have said: are you sure? In this league? But he did it. These numbers are crazy. just crazy. He is undoubtedly one of the best Premier League strikers of all time. For strikers, everything is measured in numbers, and his numbers are beyond any debate. The British bring the best strikers to this country, so Erling is one of them. I am happy for him and happy for the team that gave him this day. And let’s continue.
It’s Tijani Rangers’ first season, Nico O’Reilly’s first season at the position, Mateus Nunes’ first season at the position, Nico Gonzalez’s first year playing a lot. Mateo Kovacic and Rodri – winner of the Golden Ball – besides Erling Holland, this is the most important player we have. And for a year and a half, Rodri hasn’t played. We have no replacement for Nico in this position, Ryan Sherkey is a rookie. Today, in the final minutes, Ryan Sherkey, Bernardo Silva and Nico O’Reilly were key players in order to allow fewer chances for the opposition to score.
In the last minutes especially Ryan played great What can I say? It’s worth improving, and there were a lot of good things, but the bad? We will improve. Erling could score three goals today. I think it’s a matter of growth for a team that has changed 7-9 players in two transfer windows. And this will be a good lesson for the future.”
Source: sport.ua