Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has called Erling Haaland's rapid rise into the Premier League 's 100 club "insane."

Haaland bringing up his century of goals against Fulham was probably the only sane part of City's chaotic 5-4 win at Craven Cottage.

He took only 17 minutes to find the net at Craven Cottage and become the 35th player to hit 100 Premier League goals, doing it in an incredible 111 matches.

Alan Shearer was the previous quickest, reaching three figures in his 124th match, 30 years ago in 1995.

"When I arrived, if you told me that in 111 games, he scored 100 goals, I'd say, 'Are you sure? In this league'? But he did it. The numbers are insane. Insane," Guardiola said.

"For sure he's one of the best. For the strikers, it's a question of numbers and his numbers

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