The prolific Norwegian sprinted through for his 35th league goal of the season.
Erling Haaland broke the previous Premier League goalscoring record as championship favorites Manchester City defeated West Ham 3-0 to retake the top spot.
As City cruised to win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, the prolific Norwegian raced through for league goal number 35 of the year, passing the previous record mark held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
After Nathan Ake had given City the lead with a goal-bound header after 50 minutes, he slid a lovely left-footed chip over Lukasz Fabianski before Phil Foden put the game away with a deflected long-range drive.
With a game still to play, the treble-chasing champions now sit a point ahead of Arsenal and appear to be cruising to a fifth championship in as many years.
In one of the lowest points in the club's history, City was demoted to the third tier of English football 25 years prior to the victory.
Although City were far from their energetic best, perhaps with next week's trip to Real Madrid in mind, the contrast with the team as a whole is striking.
Due to injury, they were once more without the dynamic Kevin De Bruyne, and the mood was much more somber than it was for last week's victory over Arsenal, which seemed to be a game-changing victory.
West Ham may be left wondering what might have been if a sickness bug hadn't cost them important players like Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek due to a lack of spark that manifested itself on the field in a sluggish start.
With Haaland, however, City was always a serious threat, and his goal—his 51st overall this season—was again another example of his incredible potency.
In the first 30 minutes, neither team had a clear-cut chance, but West Ham threatened first when Jarrod Bowen crossed the byline. Stefan Ortega, filling in for a rested Ederson, stopped the shot at the near post.
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