Haaland makes history as Man City hold off charging Fulham in wild 5-4 win

VIDEO SHOWS: POST-MATCH COMMENTS FROM MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA FOLLOWING HIS SIDE'S 5-4 WIN AWAY TO FULHAM WHERE ERLING HAALAND BECAME THE FASTEST PLAYER TO SCORE 100 GOALS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE / PHOTOS OF HAALAND SCORING & CELEBRATING RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 1. PEP GUARDIOLA JOKING WITH THE MEDIA THAT THE 5-4 WIN MADE HIM LOSE HIS HAIR & THAT HE THOUGHT HIS PLAYERS WERE HAPPY TO WORK WITH HIM BUT MAYBE NOT AFTER THAT RESULT LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTO OF ERLING HAALAND PUTTING MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 UP AWAY TO FULHAM AS HE BECAME THE FASTEST PLAYER TO SCORE 100 PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS WITH HIS STRIKE LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 3. STILL PHOTO OF HAALAND CELEBRATING HIS GOAL  4. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF HAALAND CELEBRATING AFTER THE MATCH AS MANCHESTER CITY HELD OUT FOR A DRAMATIC 5-4 WIN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, ON HAALAND BECOMING THE FASTEST PLAYER TO SCORE 100 GOALS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, SAYING: “Listen, the people up front, the strikers, it’s a question of numbers, and his numbers are, no discussion. Happy for him. Happy for the team, delivers him this day, you know, and yeah.” 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, SAYING: REPORTER: “How high is his (Haaland) bar?” GUARDIOLA: “I don’t know. When I arrive, you tell me 111 games, he will score 100 goals? I would say, ‘are you sure?’, so, in this league, and he did it. So, the milestone, the numbers are insane.” 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, ON JOURNALISTS HAVING TO REWRITE THEIR ARTICLES AFTER HIS SIDE LED 5-1 ONLY TO HOLD ON FOR A 5-4 VICTORY, SAYING: “You are not a City fan. None of you. I know that. With 5-1, do you expect the game we saw? No. Right? 5-1, everyone is over. Start to read the articles, you know, tomorrow, ‘Manchester City’s back’, you know, ‘finally’, this kind of stuff, and after, to the trash. You need to start again. Let’s go.” STORY: Manchester City's Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals on Tuesday (December 2) as Pep Guardiola's men held off a furious comeback effort from Fulham in a wild 5-4 win. Phil Foden bagged a double, Tijjani Reijnders also struck and Sander Berge scored an own goal to keep City firmly in the title hunt in second place with 28 points. Leaders Arsenal, who have 30 points, host Brentford on Wednesday, while Fulham are 15th on 17 points. City looked to be heading for a rout at Craven Cottage with a gaping 5-1 lead but Fulham roared back with three second-half goals — a brace from Samuel Chukwueze and one from Alex Iwobi — for a thrilling finish. Haaland made history in the 17th minute with a blistering left-footed shot from Jeremy Doku's cross, scoring his 100th goal in his 111th game, 13 fewer than the previous fastest centurion Alan Shearer. City have won their past 19 meetings against Fulham in all competitions since 2012, which is the longest winning run by a team against any opponent in English football. (Production: David Klein, Paul Childs, Stefan Haskins)

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