With a double against Southampton, Erling Haaland has reached the milestone of 30 goals in the Premier League this season, bringing the Norwegian striker's total number of goals in all competitions to 444. All the best words are given to the Man City star and in the opposite direction, disappointment still covers Chelsea even though they have just escaped the darkness covered by Graham Potter.
Haaland has scored 30 goals, even more than what Chelsea have scored since the beginning of the season in the top flight of the foggy country. The Blues, after a 0-1 defeat to Wolves, are still stuck with 29 goals and 31 goals conceded. Lampard certainly cannot be happy with his team's defeat, but he will not have much time to lament the upcoming match against Real Madrid.
Lampard and his students have just over 48 hours to rest and prepare for the match against Real Madrid. That was too little time in the current chaotic context of the team. However, frank has no way back and he only has this playground to improve Chelsea's performance in a poor season.
Lampard has moved to a back four and kept Ben Chillwell on the bench. Conor Gallagher and Raheem Sterling were brought on from the start but the Blues' attack did not improve. They had 13 shots towards the opponent's goal but only 1 of them was on target.
This is a bad record for Chelsea compared to the last time since the 2003-2004 season with away matches. If it is determined that this is a season of leaving, Chelsea may not need to worry too much anymore because they have 39 points. In the past 11 years, there was a time when a team only needed 38 points to stay in the tournament. No team in the Premier League has been relegated with 40 points, meaning the Blues only need 1 more point to stay in this playground and calculate for the next season.
Chelsea fans were unhappy to see their beloved team in such a deadlock, while Southampton fans even cheered Haaland on when the 22-year-old striker threw a hook into the Saints' net.
44 goals have been scored by Haaland since the beginning of the season. If Man City reach the Champions League and FA Cup finals, the Norwegian star will have a maximum of 17 more matches to increase his individual record. He has now equalled Mohamed Salah's record as the Premier League player with the most goals in a season (in all competitions). Haaland only needs one more goal to become the number 1 in the history of the tournament with this criterion.
Although quite reluctant, in the end, Pep Guardiola compared Haaland to Ronaldo and Messi. Although he could not count how late he was, with his student's goal scoring without knowing the stop, Pep could not help but be in his face.
