Erling Haaland: Stats Back Manchester City Striker to Repeat Last Season’s Heroics After Four Games

• Erling Haaland netted his first hat-trick of the season yesterday against Fulham
• It was his sixth goal of the new season as he raced into an early lead for the Golden Boot
• His stats after four games this season in comparison to last season suggest he's set for another fantastic season

Football is not 1+1, but for Erling Haaland, after the first four games of this season, it's looking like he is set to recreate last season's success this year.

Haaland roared into English football and set it ablaze with goals, smashing and setting new goal-scoring records last season and is already sitting on the table with legends.

He scored 36 league goals in 35 appearances, surpassing Mohamed Salah's 32 in a 38-game season and Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole's 34 in 42-game seasons.

The Norwegian won multiple individual awards in the league and days ago beat teammate Kevin De Bruyne and Inter Miami star Lionel Messi to the UEFA Best Award.

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Haaland to repeat last season?

The former Borussia Dortmund striker scored six goals in his first four league games last season, including a brace on his debut against West Ham.

As observed by ESPN FC, after hitting a hat-trick against Fulham yesterday, he has replicated his last season's stats as of matchday 4, exactly mirroring each game week.

He has also added an assist to his six goals precisely as he did last season, but the difference was that his first assist came yesterday, while the previous season came on game week 2.

Many fans predicted a difficult season for the 22-year-old after De Bruyne underwent surgery on his hamstring, but the former Salzburg striker has shown no signs of slowing down.

He is set to battle 2022 World Cup winner Lionel Messi for the Ballon d'Or later this year.

Haaland trolls Arsenal fans

Elsewhere, Sports Brief reported that Haaland gave a savage gesture who booed him after he was substituted in the 65th minute of City's loss to Arsenal in the Community Shield.

The Norwegian raised three fingers to signify the trophies he won last season, while the Gunners went empty-handed despite spending the most days at the top of the table.