<p><strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/premier-league-haaland-brace-helps-man-city-beat-leeds-close-in-on-table-toppers-arsenal-23262847" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Erling Haaland</a></strong> set a Premier League scoring record in Manchester City&rsquo;s 3-1 win over Leeds.</p>
<p>At this pace, it won&rsquo;t be his last. Haaland scored twice to become the fastest player to 20 goals. The Norwegian star, who was born in Leeds, reached the mark in 14 games. Not a bad homecoming.</p>
<h2>Yearning for more goals</h2>
<p>&ldquo;For me, as a striker, I could have scored a couple more but that&rsquo;s life, what can I do? I have to practice more,&rdquo; Haaland told Amazon Prime.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img title="Alf-Inge Haaland" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/dec/erling-har-b_e.jpg" alt="Alf-Inge Haaland" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Alf-Inge Haaland</em></strong></p>
<p>Haaland&rsquo;s father, Alf-Inge, was on hand to watch Wednesday. &ldquo;With my father in the [stands] over there, it&rsquo;s special,&rdquo; the 22-year-old Haaland said. &ldquo;I am happy today, it&rsquo;s a really special moment in my career...It&rsquo;s my craziest fantasy that I could be at Elland Road and score for <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/premier-league-haaland-brace-helps-man-city-beat-leeds-close-in-on-table-toppers-arsenal-23262847" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Manchester City</a></strong> against Leeds.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>City&rsquo;s victory at Elland Road reduced first-place Arsenal&rsquo;s lead to five points. Rodri gave the visitors the lead on the stroke of halftime when he tucked in from close range after goalkeeper Illan Meslier parried a Riyad Mahrez shot.</p>
<p>Haaland doubled City&rsquo;s advantage six minutes into the second half after Jack Grealish pounced on a weak pass by Liam Cooper and raced clear to set up the Norwegian for a tap-in. That was Haaland&rsquo;s 25th goal for City in 20 appearances in all competitions. He scored his 26th in the 64th minute to make it 3-0 after another assist from Grealish.</p>
<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/kevin-de-bruyne-haaland-can-score-800-goals-23262486" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">&nbsp;Kevin De Bruyne: Haaland can score 800 goals</a></strong></p>
<h2>Misses 4th hat-trick</h2>
<p>He later missed out on a fourth hat-trick of the season when he shot tamely at Meslier.</p>
<p>Leeds scored in the 73rd minute when Pascal Struijk headed home from a corner. Haaland beat Kevin Phillips&rsquo; quickest-to-20 goals record set in 1999-20 with Sunderland by seven games.&nbsp;</p>
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