Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak are arguably two of the best strikers in the Premier League.
Haaland surpassed Gabriel Jesus’ Premier League goal tally at Manchester City as he scored his 74th strike during his time at the club against Southampton.
Meanwhile, Isak scored the equaliser for Newcastle United in their eventual 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday.
The Swedish international has scored only two league goals this season while the Manchester City marksman has 11 to his name.
Isak perhaps still has plenty to accomplish to be mentioned in the same breath as Haaland.
The former Real Sociedad number nine’s tally of 20 goals in the league last season was bettered by the Norwegian in both his seasons at the Etihad Stadium — scoring 36 and 27 in his two campaigns.
Key stat where Alexander Isak overtook Erling Haaland in Newcastle’s loss to Chelsea
Notably, Haaland is a year younger than Isak despite being a lot more accomplished.
However, Phil Foden described Haaland as a “freak” and rightfully so as he continues to make the extraordinary seem like standard procedure.
It has been revealed that since the start of last season, Isak (eight) has more non-penalty goals than Haaland (seven) against the ‘Big Six.’
This season, all of the 24-year-old’s goals for Pep Guardiola’s men against the teams in the Big Six such as Arsenal and Chelsea have been in open play.
But during the 2023/2024 campaign, Haaland did dispatch penalties against Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
However, due to the metric at play, Isak has overtaken the star striker in this respect.
But ultimately, a goal is a goal and any number nine would be happy to put the ball in the back of the net whether it is from open play or from 12 yards out.
Haaland gesture in 2023 that shows how highly he rates Isak
In September 2023, Haaland exchanged shirts with Isak despite not featuring in Manchester City’s 1-0 loss to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup.
The Leeds-born striker shared a quick chat and a warm embrace with the ex-Borussia Dortmund technician as well.
Haaland seems to hold Isak in high esteem.
As a result, perhaps the treble-winner will not be taken aback to see Isak overtake him in one particular regard.
With the way that Haaland has played against some of the best teams in the country such as Chelsea and Arsenal indicates that he could surpass the Newcastle talisman this season itself.
The in-form goalscorer might well be motivated to outdo Isak if he came across the statistic in question.
Isak is a top player who Haaland must not only be inspired by but also see as competition and vice-versa.
