{"id":1982,"date":"2025-12-02T23:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:11:57","slug":"chaos-at-the-cottage-city-win-5-4-as-haaland-hits-century-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/chaos-at-the-cottage-city-win-5-4-as-haaland-hits-century-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos at the Cottage: City Win 5-4 as Haaland Hits Century Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_52616ac03c867e0d\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Manchester City secured a vital, albeit chaotic, 5-4 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage (2\/12\/2025), in a match that will be remembered for its goal-fest and, more significantly, for a monumental Premier League record being broken.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Phil Foden continued his scintillating form, scoring a brilliant brace to notch his second double in as many games. However, the biggest headline belongs to the Norwegian striker, <b>Erling Haaland<\/b>, who finally reached his 100th Premier League goal.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"8\"><b>The Fastest Centurion<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Haaland\u2019s century goal makes him the 35th player to reach the landmark, but his achievement is in a class of its own. He is now the fastest player in Premier League history to score 100 goals, achieving the feat in an astonishing <b>111 appearances<\/b>\u201413 fewer than the previous record-holder, legendary striker Alan Shearer (124 matches).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">Haaland expressed his pride at the milestone, while also revealing his hunger for more. &#8220;It was of course a proud moment. The 100 club is a huge thing and to do it this quickly is amazing. I\u2019m proud, I\u2019m happy,&#8221; he said. He added with a characteristic striker&#8217;s self-critique, &#8220;I should have had a hat-trick. I need to practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErlingHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ErlingHaaland<\/a> reached 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@premierleague<\/a> goals \ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MgIIlsm1Ro\">pic.twitter.com\/MgIIlsm1Ro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1995986705417973827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"12\"><b>Guardiola\u2019s Defensive Concerns<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">The match itself was a rollercoaster. City\u2019s lead was repeatedly cut down by a resilient Fulham side, with the host coming agonizingly close to equalizing multiple times late in the game. Nine goals is a thrilling spectacle for the neutral, but undoubtedly a concern for <b>Pep Guardiola<\/b>, who named an unchanged line-up for the fourth time this season.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">&#8220;It was chaotic as well for me,&#8221; Haaland admitted. &#8220;Nine goals in a game is too much and I think if you sit at home watching this game it should be <i>Match of the Day<\/i> because it was a crazy game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">Despite the drama, Haaland maintained his relentless mindset. On what he was thinking at 5-1, he said: &#8220;I thought of scoring a sixth like I always do. I think at 5-2 or 5-3 I was close to scoring for 6-3 and the minute after they go and score. That\u2019s the beauty of football, that\u2019s why we love the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">City and Pep Guardiola will surely be looking for a tighter defensive display when they return to the Etihad Stadium this Saturday to face Sunderland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gameweek 13 Haaland Triple Captainers watching him score and assist twice in Gameweek 14. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jtocpWIEQL\">https:\/\/t.co\/jtocpWIEQL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcmSRilfHR\">pic.twitter.com\/zcmSRilfHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialFPL\/status\/1995955719661887984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"17\" \/>\n<h3><strong>Fastest Players to Reach 100 Premier League Goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td>Date<\/td>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Matches<\/td>\n<td>Opponent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>02\/12\/2025<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>Erling Haaland<\/td>\n<td>111<\/td>\n<td>Fulham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>30\/12\/1995<\/th>\n<td>Alan Shearer<\/td>\n<td>124<\/td>\n<td>Spurs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>04\/02\/2018<\/th>\n<td>Harry Kane<\/td>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<td>Liverpool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>19\/04\/2016<\/th>\n<td>Sergio Aguero<\/td>\n<td>147<\/td>\n<td>Newcastle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>10\/02\/2004<\/th>\n<td>Thierry Henry<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>Southampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>12\/09\/2021<\/th>\n<td>Mohamed Salah<\/td>\n<td>162<\/td>\n<td>Leeds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>13\/09\/1997<\/th>\n<td>Ian Wright<\/td>\n<td>173<\/td>\n<td>Bolton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>16\/01\/1999<\/th>\n<td>Robbie Fowler<\/td>\n<td>175<\/td>\n<td>Southampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>11\/05\/1997<\/th>\n<td>Les Ferdinand<\/td>\n<td>178<\/td>\n<td>Nott&#8217;m Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>26\/04\/2003<\/th>\n<td>Michael Owen<\/td>\n<td>185<\/td>\n<td>West Brom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City secured a vital, albeit chaotic, 5-4 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage (2\/12\/2025), in a match that will be remembered for its goal-fest and, more significantly, for a monumental Premier League record being broken. Phil Foden continued his scintillating form, scoring a brilliant brace to notch his second double in as many games. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/chaos-at-the-cottage-city-win-5-4-as-haaland-hits-century-mark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chaos at the Cottage: City Win 5-4 as Haaland Hits Century Mark<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-1982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}