Pep Guardiola admits he is "so upset" with Erling Haaland following Southampton performance

It is safe to say that no player in Premier League history has had the impact Erling Haaland has had during his start to life in English football.

In nine league games for Manchester City, the Norwegian striker has scored a whopping 15 goals.

For context, it has not even taken a double-digit number of games for the former Borussia Dortmund talisman to equal the tally accumulated by City’s top scorer in the league from last term, Kevin De Bruyne.

Before his outing in the Sky Blues’ recent 4-0 victory at home against Southampton, where he scored just the one goal, the 22-year old had registered three back-to-back hat-tricks at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.

The fastest player to reach three hat-tricks in the league in general was Michael Owen in 48 league games - a feat surpassed by Erling Haaland in 40 lesser matches in comparison.

The youngster is breaking records on a weekly basis, to the extent where many have claimed that he is well capable of scoring a staggering 50 league goals.

Some fans and pundits have also strongly considered the prospect of the former RB Salzburg superstar breaking Mohamed Salah’s record of 32 goals in a league season as a foregone conclusion.

With Erling Haaland reaching his 20th goal in all competitions after tapping the ball home from a pinpoint Joao Cancelo assist, Pep Guardiola was asked to give his verdict on his star striker’s goal tally.

“But I am so upset with him, he didn't score three goals!

"The petition to sack him from the Premier League won’t happen!," the Catalan coach joked.

Last week, a petition surfaced online that demanded the banning of Erling Haaland from the Premier League and all forms of football in England, simply because of how clinical he is in front of goal.

The petition claimed that the Norwegian international had an inherent advantage due to being a robot, which has been a running joke throughout his relatively short career.

Ultimately, such measures taken by opposition fans just indicate how fearful they are of the Manchester City number nine’s presence.

Pep Guardiola is only playing along with the jokes.

The City boss knows full well how Erling Haaland’s brilliance has sent a shiver down the spines of every fan and club outside the realms of the Etihad Stadium.