This Saturday, Erling Haaland has a chance to achieve something that hasn’t been done in almost 80 years.
The Manchester City striker has scored hat-tricks in his last two Premier League games, and if he scores another against Brentford, he will join an elite group of players who have scored hat-tricks in three consecutive league games English.
The last player to do so was Liverpool’s Jack Balmer in 1946. Before him, legends such as Dixie Dean, Tom Jennings and Frank Osborne also achieved the feat, but all of them did so before 1930.
Haaland’s ability to find the back of the net has already been impressive, having scored seven goals so far this season.
If Haaland manages to score three more goals against Thomas Frank’s side, he will cement his place in Premier League history and join this exclusive club.
It would be a remarkable feat that has not been seen for almost a century and may not happen again for a long time. Fans will be eagerly watching to see if Haaland can continue his unstoppable form. /Football Match Up/
