LONDON: Defending champion Man City surpassed Arsenal at the top of the Premier League as goals from Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland handed them victory over Fulham on Sunday.
Haaland scored his 50th goal of the season in all competitions.
He converted a third-minute penalty, after Alvarez was fouled by Tim Ream, to become the first top-flight player to reach a half-century of goals in one campaign since Tom ‘Pongo’ Waring did so for Aston Villa in 1931.
The Norwegian striker also moved level for most goals in a Premier League season – matching the 34 goals Andy Cole scored for Newcastle in 1993-94 and the same amount Alan Shearer registered for Blackburn a year later.
