Erling Haaland scores his 100th Man City goal in just his 105th game to equal a European record set by Cristiano Ronaldo

Erling Haaland completed a century of goals for Manchester City on Sunday when he opened the scoring against Arsenal in the ninth minute.

This was only the 105th game of Haaland’s City career, following his arrival from Borussia Dortmund in June 2022.

Haaland is now the joint-fastest player to get to 100 goals for a European club, after Cristiano Ronaldo reached his first tonne for Real Madrid on his 105th appearance for the Spanish giants back in 2011.

Ronaldo eventually ended his Madrid career with a club-record tally of 450 goals in 428 games in 2018. He also hit triple figures for Manchester United and Juventus.

Seventy-three of Haaland’s first 100 City goals have come in the Premier League. He has so far netted 18 times in the Champions League for the Manchester outfit, as well as scoring on nine occasions in domestic cup matches.

Haaland’s goal arrived in the ninth minute of City’s Premier League game against Arsenal

Norwegian striker Haaland took just 105 games to record his first century of goals for City

Haaland celebrated his 100th City goal by swinging a scarf above his head after it was thrown onto the field by a supporter.

The big screens at the Etihad Stadium celebrated Haaland’s landmark by displaying a pre-made graphic. 

City also published a club statement just five minutes after Haaland’s historic strike had hit the back of Arsenal’s net.

The statement highlighted the fact that Haaland was now the 19th player to score at least 100 goals for City’s men’s side.

It concluded with the message: ‘Everyone at Manchester City would like to congratulate Erling on this latest landmark in his incredible City career!’

Cristiano Ronaldo, pictured in 2015, netted 100 goals in his first 105 games for Real Madrid

Haaland pictured swinging a City scarf in his left hand after reaching a memorable landmark

City celebrated Haaland’s milestone with a graphic on the big screens at the Etihad Stadium

City’s celebrations had died down slightly by half-time on Sunday after Arsenal hit back to take a 2-1 lead into the interval. 

Riccardo Calafiori equalised with a fine solo strike to score the first goal of his Premier League career in the 22nd minute before fellow defender Gabriel completed the turnaround.

However, City were given a boost eight minutes into first-half stoppage time when Leandro Trossard was sent off by referee Michael Oliver.

Trossard was shown a second yellow card for potentially delaying a restart by kicking the ball away after fouling Bernardo Silva.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, Arsenal held the lead until the 98th minute when John Stones made it 2-2 and secured a dramatic draw.