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By Seyi Babalola
Erling Haaland won his third Premier League Golden Boot in four seasons at Manchester City on Sunday despite missing Pep Guardiola’s farewell at the Etihad.
Haaland was left out of City’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa, as the club celebrated Guardiola’s trophy-laden 10-year rule in the manager’s final match in command.
The Norwegian sensation scored 27 goals in 35 league games.
Haaland joins Alan Shearer and Harry Kane as three-time winners, trailing only Mohamed Salah and Thierry Henry as the only players to win the award four times during the Premier League era.
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Brentford’s Igor Thiago finished second to Haaland on 22 goals, which propelled him into the Brazil squad for the World Cup.
Haaland began the season in blistering form with 19 of his Premier League goals coming in the first 17 games.
Haaland netted just once, from the penalty spot against Brighton, in seven games around the turn of the year, with City winning just twice during that run.
The 25-year-old returned to form for a late-season push, scoring the winner away to Liverpool and against Arsenal in a clash billed as a title-decider last month.
