In the 35th round of the Premier League, Manchester City played away against Nottingham Forest. Haaland, who returned from injury, scored with his first shot on goal and shook off Palmer in the scorers' charts.
After a lengthy absence, Haaland has scored just six goals in his next 11 Premier League games. Against Chelsea in the FA Cup or Brighton in the league, Haaland was not in the squad for the game.
Instead, Palmer caught up. After scoring 10 goals in five consecutive games, Palmer is level on the scorers' charts with 20 goals. In addition, Watkins and Isak scored 19 goals, and Solanke scored 18 goals, and the competition for the Golden Boot became extremely fierce.
Pep Guardiola didn't start Haaland and after Gvardiol opened the scoring for City, City gradually lost control of the game and Nottingham Forest created a number of good chances.
After replacing Doku and Ederson at half-time, Pep Guardiola brought on Erling Haaland in the 62nd minute. Just nine minutes later, Kevin De Bruyne cut through and Haaland burst into the box and dribbled at a defender before firing a low shot. On his first shot on goal after his return, Haaland scored.
In 40 games this season, Haaland has scored 32 goals, provided six assists and has been involved in 39 goals. In the Premier League, Haaland scored 21 goals and provided five assists in 27 games.
After beating Nottingham Forest home and away this season, Haaland shook off Palmer with 21 goals and led the Premier League scorer list alone.
After providing two assists in this campaign, De Bruyne has registered 15 assists in all competitions this season, surpassing Bukayo Saka as the Premier League side with the most assists. It is worth mentioning that Kevin De Bruyne has 15 assists in just 21 games, while Bukayo Saka has played 45.