Haaland, who joined the Premier League for the first time, has equalled Salah's all-time record, so where is his limit? Can greater miracles be broken?
This is only Haaland's first season in the Premier League, scoring 32 goals in 28 league appearances, which is already more than Cristiano Ronaldo's most goals in a single season in the Premier League and equalling the record for goals scored in a single season in 20 teams in 38 rounds.
That was created by Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah in 2017-18, when he scored 32 goals in 36 Premier League games, averaging less than one per game, not as efficient as Haaland, and City have eight Premier League games to play this season.
As a result, Haaland will overtake Salah in the next round as soon as possible. However, this is not the all-time goal record in a single season in the Premier League, which was born in the era of 42 rounds for 22 teams: Alan Shearer scored 34 goals in 42 games in 1994-95, Andy Cole scored 34 goals in 40 games in 1993-94, and the Norwegian centre-forward was only 2 goals away, so it can almost certainly be broken.
However, another record is that Haaland is out of reach. The single-season goal record in the English top flight was 60 goals set by Everton legend Dixie Dean in 1927-28!
With eight rounds left in the season, Haaland is 28 goals less than Dean's record and can't catch up even with a hat-trick in every game that follows.
If you look only at the creation of the Premier League, then the single-season goal record in the five major leagues is Messi's 50 goals in 2011-12 - Cristiano Ronaldo's 46 goals in the same season. In 2014-15, Ronaldo's 48 goals ranked second in history.
Haaland is 18 goals away from the 50-goal mark, can he catch up in 8 games? He needs to average 2.25 goals per game, which is also quite difficult, basically hopeless, but if he wants to reach 40+ goals and average 1 goal per game in the future, he still has a certain chance.