If anyone doubted him and his performance so far — with arguments that he only scores against smaller teams in a league significantly weaker than the Premier League, La Liga, or Serie A — last night, they simply had to bow down and admit: this guy is a fierce goalscorer!After scoring against Sturm and Lille, Viktor Gyökeres (26) delivered a hat-trick against Guardiola’s Manchester City, bringing his tally to five goals in his first four matches in the elite competition, tying him at the top of the scorer list with Harry Kane.##NAJAVA_MECA_8477782##The significance of scoring three goals against a team managed by Pep is underscored by the fact that, until last night, only four players had achieved this: Sergio Aguero in 2014, Lionel Messi in 2016, Jamie Vardy in 2016, and Christopher Nkunku in 2021.With his latest three goals, Viktor Gyökeres has reached 53 goals in the 2024 calendar year! This makes him unmatched across the globe. He is 11 goals ahead of the runner-up, Harry Kane, and a full 13 ahead of last night’s opponent, Erling Haaland.These goals include those scored for both club and country…Breaking it down further, the Swedish international has scored 48 goals in 46 games for the Lisbon giant and five in as many matches for the national team. In total, that’s 53 goals in 51 games since the start of the year, averaging 1.04 goals per game. This means he finds the back of the net every 82 minutes on average…On top of that, he has also contributed 15 assists for both club and country.Viktor Gyökeres is now just one step away from Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 54 goals set in 2023, with 11 games left to surpass that mark. There’s little doubt he’ll achieve this soon.Below, you can see the table of the top scorers in the TOP 10 leagues just for this season (including goals for both club and national team):NOTE: The first column shows the number of games played, the second shows goals, the third assists, and the fourth the total of goals and assists.
