Premier League: Man City’s Haaland wins Player of the Month award for August
Olivia House
Published Jan 06, 2026
London, Sep 16 (IANS) Manchester City striker Erling Haaland on Friday won the Head Association Player of the Month grant for August.
Having joined the Club from Borussia Dortmund in the late spring, the Norwegian global has partaken in an electrifying beginning to life at the Etihad and scored nine objectives in August alone.
The 22-year-old guaranteed a support of objectives on his introduction, assisting City with getting a 2-0 win at West Ham on the first day of the season of the time. He then, at that point, struck again in the 3-3 draw at Newcastle prior to recording consecutive full go-arounds in City’s triumphs against Precious stone Royal residence and Nottingham Woodland.
The striker turned out to be just the 6th player to score full go-arounds in continuous Chief Association appearances and the first to accomplish the accomplishment since Harry Kane in 2017. His nine objectives in his initial five appearances were the most in the opposition’s set of experiences, breaking the record of eight recently held by Mick Quinn and Sergio Aguero.
“I’m glad to win this honor interestingly – – it was a mind boggling beginning of the time for the group and I’m thankful to each and every individual who casted a ballot,” Haaland said in a proclamation.
“We as a whole needed to raise a ruckus around town running this season, so dominating four matches out of five was an extraordinary beginning for us in the thing is the most difficult contest on the planet. I’m glad to have had my influence by scoring objectives.
Kung-Fu-Football! 🥋⚽️🔵
— Erling Haaland (@ErlingHaaland) September 15, 2022
“What’s significant is the outcome and to help the group. Ideally, I can keep on supporting the group, fulfill our fans with our exhibitions and carry on areas of strength for us to the season,” he added.
Haaland is the first player to win the honor in quite a while first month in the opposition since Bruno Fernandes did as such for Manchester Joined in February 2020.
The Norway global battled off the test of individual chosen people Pascal Gross, Gabriel Jesus, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Martin Odegaard, Nick Pope, Rodrigo Moreno and Wilfried Zaha to guarantee the award.