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(CNN) --
Erling Haaland is redefining the art of scoring goals in the 21st century, goal by goal, hat-trick by hat-trick.
The 22-year-old seems to write a new goalscoring record every time he steps onto the pitch, and Sunday's Manchester derby was no exception.
Haaland celebrates his hat-trick and Manchester City's fifth goal against Manchester United.
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With his three goals in Manchester City's 6-3 win over Manchester United, Haaland has 14 Premier League goals after just eight games this season, seven more than Harry Kane, who is second in the Premier League scoring charts. league.
Haaland scores a hat-trick again, this time in City's 6-3 victory over United in the Manchester derby
The Norwegian striker is also by far the fastest player to score three Premier League hat-tricks, completely smashing Michael Owen's record of 48 caps.
To put it into perspective, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three hat-tricks in his entire Premier League career.
With his three goals against Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and now United, Haaland has become the first player to score three hat-tricks in three successive Premier League home games, ending speculation he has had a hard time adjusting. to Pep Guardiola's City team after his move to Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
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He also looks set to break Liverpool striker Mohammed Salah's record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League season, and at his current scoring pace he is also on course to beat Dixie Dean's record of 95 years old, 60 goals in the English top flight in 39 games.
Haaland (left) and Phil Foden each scored three goals against Manchester United.
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In addition to his three goals against United, Haaland provided two assists for Phil Foden, who also scored a hat-trick.
After heading his first goal from a corner, Haaland added the second after a pinpoint pass from De Bruyne and closed his hat-trick in the second half by directing a pass from Sergio Gómez, further proof of the speed with which the Norwegian has adapted to Guardiola's system.
"The quality we have helps him score, but what he's doing I didn't teach him," Guardiola said when asked about Haaland's goalscoring record.
"He has incredible instincts. It comes from his mother and his father: he was born with that."
Haaland's father, Alf-Inge, played for City between 2000 and 2003, while his mother, Gry Marita Braut, was a Norwegian heptathlon champion.
Although currently second in the table behind Arsenal, few would argue that City, who have won four Premier League titles in the last five years, look almost unstoppable this season, especially now with Haaland's goalscoring prowess.
Having already scored 29 goals this season, an average of almost four per game, City remain unbeaten and are set to break the team's league record of 106 goals in a single season, set in 2017/18.
"There are some things that we have to improve: in the process we are losing some easy passes and we have to improve that," Guardiola said.
"The simple things we're not doing well. But six goals against United, who were coming off a four-game win [run] in the league, including Arsenal and Liverpool, is really good."
Haaland scores his second goal against Manchester United.
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One detail perhaps lost in Manchester City's brilliance is what defeat meant for United, trailing 6-1 before two consolation goals from Anthony Martial.
The derby defeat was United's third in the league this season, leaving the team seventh in the table.
Among the problems facing coach Erik ten Hag is what to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, who was left on the bench for the entire match.
Ronaldo benched for Manchester United's Premier League debut
"I wouldn't put him on the pitch because we're losing 4-0 and out of respect for Cristiano, for his great career," Ten Hag justified for not putting Cristiano Ronaldo in the game, who has yet to score in the league this season.
The Dutch coach pointed to his players' lack of confidence as the reason for the poor performance against Manchester City, which came after a run of four league wins against Liverpool, Southampton, Leicester and Arsenal.
"In the [previous] matches, yes, a few weeks ago, our team was confident, there was a good spirit, there was a good vibe and today we haven't brought it onto the court from the first minute at all," Ten Hag said.
"The vibe hasn't gone [definitely], but they didn't bring their confidence to the court today. It's playable and we didn't."
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