During Manchester City's victory over Leeds United, Erling Haaland scored another goal.

 As Manchester City defeated Leeds United 3-1 at Elland Road on Wednesday to climb into second place in the Premier League, Erling Haaland continued his attack on the record books.

Rodri's late first-half goal and Haaland's second-half double—his 19th and 20th goals, making him the first player in league history to reach that milestone before January—helped Pep Guardiola's team to 35 points after 15 games this season, five points behind league-leading Arsenal.

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Illan Meslier, the Leeds goalkeeper, tripped up Haaland on the doorstep at the 30 minute mark, and Jack Grealish missed many chances until Rodri redirected a late rebound to give the visitors the lead at halftime despite the fact that Man City were by much the superior team in the first half.

After Grealish stole the ball from midfield, ran into the penalty area, and squared it to his teammate to roll into an empty net, Haaland, who was born in Leeds while his father was a player for the club, increased City's lead early in the second half.

The City duo teamed up once more to score City's third goal. Haaland finished off a superb one-two in front of the Leeds goal with a flawless first-time effort for his 26th goal across all competitions this season.

After the game, Haaland said, "I have a [goal] target but I cannot say it. "I just remarked in the locker room that I had five scoring opportunities, but the most crucial thing is that we prevailed.

"We must pursue Arsenal. I could have scored a few more goals, but that's life, and I need to work harder at the gym.

The hosts, who concluded the day in 15th place with 15 points, managed to get one back through Pascal Struijk in the 73rd minute, but it was too late.

After the game, Marsch observed, "The thing we know about our team is that we never stop." "So, the goals' timing was painful, correct? We might be able to make a few tweaks and find a way to advance the game if we could just make it to the half.

I believed we did a really decent job despite the fact that Man City is, in many aspects, in my opinion, the best team in the world with one of the top managers in the world.

Man City's next encounter is against Everton at home on New Year's Eve, while Leeds travels to St. James' Park to play third-place Newcastle United.

Haaland wasted no time in having a first chance at goal, seeing his effort to loft the ball into the net superbly saved after just 36 seconds in West Yorkshire. City had lost their last league encounter before the World Cup break to Brentford, but they dominated from the start there.

Leeds, who gave up 11 goals to City last season, continued to be in a tough spot when Haaland was given another wonderful opportunity to break the tie, but he once more failed to beat Meslier.

Rodri was there to score the game's first goal with City's 16th shot of the first period alone after numerous opportunities came and went for them.

Alfie Haaland needed 181 Premier League appearances and 18 goals to tie him, but his son only needed 14 and scored six minutes into the second half to double City's advantage.

When Haaland converted another Grealish ball to make it three, he broke the previous record for the most games required to achieve the 20-goal threshold. He did so by seven games faster than the next-fastest player, Kevin Phillips.