'If you build the perfect centre-back, that's him':
Alan Shearer hails Erling Haaland after his 26th goal of the Premier League season in Man City's 3-1 win over Arsenal - and says he will be 'first to shake hands' if he breaks my record
The 22-year-old Norwegian striker sealed the victory for the defending champion
The Gunners slip from the top spot they've held since week three
Haaland has endured a barren spell of not scoring in three games
Alan Shearer has praised Erling Haaland after scoring his 26th Premier League goal this season in City's 3-1 win over Arsenal.
The 52-year-old Newcastle legend also insisted that he would 'be the first to shake hands' if he broke his 31-year record.
The 22-year-old Norwegian striker sealed victory for the defending champions as Arsenal slipped from the lead they had held since the third week of the season.
Speaking on Amazon Prime Video, the football expert said:
"I was going to congratulate him tonight and say he did a great job because it was only a matter of time before he won it."
“I will be the first to shake his hand. It will be fine. I really appreciate his attitude. I love his hunger and lust.
Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates in front of fans at Emirates Stadium
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta interviewed by Alan Shearer ahead of Premier League clash
"I like what he said about not sleeping at night when he's not scoring because that's what a goalscorer is.
“I love everything about him and like I said before, if you build the perfect striker for me, it's him. And I think it's almost perfect. If you're going to have the ball like De Bruyne did today and if Jack can get through it. When they do, they'll be a pretty scary outfit.
City were not in their best form before the break when Bukayo Saka's penalty canceled out De Bruyne's opener.
But they took control in the second half as both Jack Grealish and Haaland scored.
Haaland has gone through a relatively barren period when not scoring in 3 matches. But he put on a brilliant display in the second half and sealed the victory with his 26th goal of the season in the 82nd minute, 10 minutes after Grealish had put City ahead.
"A little bit of an adjustment in the first half from Pep and in the end we had good quality players and we had to get that out of every player and we did that today," said Haaland. .
Haaland scored his side's third goal in Man City's 3-1 win over Arsenal as the Gunners slipped from the top of the table
"We can all agree that (Arsenal) are the better team this season so going against them is not easy but we played a great game and took three very important points. important - here we are again."
Haaland laughed at the end of his little drought.
"It's been 20 minutes since I last scored - so I have to keep working," he said.
"It's positive, the celebrations are fun, and I'm very happy with everything, we needed this and now we have to run, because that's what Manchester City should be."
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