"Seventeen minutes in and after a spell of prolonged possession on the edge of the Fulham box, Jeremy Doku got in behind Kenny Tete and pulled back a cross. Fulham had enough men across the six-yard box, but a dummy from Tijjani Reijnders sold both centre-halves and Haaland reacted to punch the ball through a sprawling Leno and into the net. A calm celebration followed, arms quietly aloft, but it was quite the achievement."
"Despite the two-game wait Haaland had become the fastest player to 100 goals in the Premier League and by some distance. Alan Shearer, the previous record holder, required 124 games to reach the milestone, Harry Kane 141. Haaland had done it in just 111. The travelling City fans, who were in good voice, belted out the name of their No 9 and Haaland soon produced another decisive moment for his team."
Manchester City dominated Fulham, racing to a 5-1 lead before an hour and finishing in one of the Premier League's highest-scoring matches in three decades. Phil Foden scored a brace, his second in four days. Erling Haaland entered on 99 league goals, struck the post after five minutes, then scored in the 17th minute from Jeremy Doku's cross following a Tijjani Reijnders dummy, beating Bernd Leno. Haaland became the fastest player to 100 Premier League goals, reaching the milestone in 111 games compared with Alan Shearer's 124 and Harry Kane's 141. Fulham came agonisingly close to parity late on.
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