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Erling Haaland Scores Against Slovenia To Become Joint Top All-Time Scorer Of Norway

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Erling Haaland captained Norway for the first time on Thursday and his first half goal against Slovenia made the Manchester City star joint top all-time scorer for his country. 

Erling Haaland Becomes Norway’s Top Scorer

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland continued his unbelievable start to the season on Thursday night as he scored his 33rd goal for Norway on just his 36th appearance for his nation.

The first half finish against Slovenia was a milestone goal for Haaland, who became Norway’s joint top all-time goalscorer alongside Jörgen Juve with the strike in record setting time. Juve scored 33 goals in 45 appearance for Norway between 1928 and 1937.

Haaland’s goal was a powerful strike from the right side of the box and Jan Oblak made an uncharacteristically poor attempt at a save, with the ball just slipping through his hands to give Norway an early lead.

The finish against Slovenia was Haaland’s 17th goal of the season for both club and country in just 15 games – an incredible record for the current Premier League top scorer.

Haaland is yet again chasing the domestic golden boot as he looks to win the title for a third consecutive season. Only Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer have ever picked up three Premier League golden boots in a row.

The Nations League match this week was an important night on a personal level for Haaland too, as he led Norway with the captains armband for the first time in his career.

Norway were in need of a new temporary captain, after Arenal’s Martin Odegaard picked up an ankle injury in the last international break leaving him sidelined.

It is surely only a matter of time before Haaland becomes the top goalscorer of Norway on his own and if he doesn’t get it tonight, then a second Nations League fixture is coming on Sunday against Austria.