Twenty league goals was once a landmark that gave strikers a decent shot at winning the Golden Boot. Not any more. Not now Erling Haaland is about.
Wednesday’s brace against Leeds took him to 20 for the season, a tally that would have been enough to win the award on four occasions in the Premier League era. The Norwegian has played only 14 matches.
There are bigger targets in the Manchester City man’s sights. Forty goals, perhaps? Certainly overtaking Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole’s 34 in a campaign — when there were an extra two teams in the division — is well within his grasp.