Erling Haaland scored the eighth goal of the game as Manchester City beat Sunderland but it gave him a unique personal record.
City won 5-3 on Sunday despite Sunderland’s Brian Brobbey netting a hat trick.
Enzo Fernández, Rayan Cherki and two goals from Antoine Semenyo put City ahead before Haaland struck in the 81st minute.
His goal — initially chalked off due to an offside which VAR overruled — means he has scored against each of the 25 clubs that he has faced in the Premier League for City.
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Previously, Sunderland were the only club he had played but failed to score against. Haaland was goalless in two matches last season against Sunderland.
Haaland’s goal against Sunderland was his 117th in the Premier League. His five goals this season puts him top of the Golden Boot chase. Alexander Isak, who scored Liverpool’s winner against Bournemouth on Sunday, trails with four goals.
Brobbey, meanwhile, became the first player to score a hat trick and end up losing in the Premier League since Roque Santa Cruz for Blackburn against Wigan in December 2007. Brobbey was also the fourth player in Premier League history to score a hat trick against the side starting the day top of the table, after Robbie Fowler (vs. Aston Villa in November 1998), Dirk Kuyt (vs. Manchester United in March 2011), and Romelu Lukaku (vs. Manchester United in May 2013).
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Brobbey is also the first player since Jamie Vardy six years ago to score a hat trick in the Premier League against City. It was the first hat trick in the top flight by a Sunderland player since Jermain Defoe a decade ago.
Meanwhile, City’s Enzo Maresca is the sixth manager to win his first five Premier League games in charge of a club, after Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea (six), Pep Guardiola at Man City (six), Craig Shakespeare at Leicester (five), Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea (five) and Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Man Utd (six).
ESPN Global Research contributed to this report.
