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EXCLUSIVE: ‘It doesn’t matter whether you have a six pack or six bellies!’ Micky Quinn says he and Erling Haaland have the same goalscoring instinct… but he’s not happy that Man City star has beaten his Premier League record!

'He's not better than me yet!' Rather than welcome Erling Haaland breaking one of his goalscoring records this week, Micky Quinn is reeling off those which remain his own.

Haaland scored his ninth goal in his first five Premier League appearances when netting a hat-trick during Manchester City's 6-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.

Quinn's tally, from 1992 and in the colours of the less fashionable Coventry City, was eight.

Micky Quinn's record of eight goals in five games for Coventry in 1992 had stood for 30 years
Erling Haaland has scored back-to-back hat-tricks for Manchester City taking his tally to nine

Erling Haaland has scored back-to-back hat-tricks for Manchester City taking his tally to nine

'I'm not one of these fellas who says, 'My record is there to be broken',' the 60-year-old tells Sportsmail.