Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hailed record-breaking Erling Haaland last night.
The Norway striker is now the Premier League player with the most goals in a single league season in history.
He has broken the 35 goals mark set by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole many years ago,
He deserved it (the guard of honor)," said Guardiola after a 3-0 win over West Ham on Wednesday.
All the team deserved it. Erling is a special striker. Yes, we are very pleased for him. He's a joy to work and to be with him.
Everyone is happy to have him with us. This record will be broken again. Maybe by him in the future or by another one. But he will score a lot of goals.
When there is a special occasion, we have to show how special it is.
He has beaten incredible top strikers - Shearer and Cole. It's special.
At the end when you buy a player, with Erling we knew he scored everywhere.
We had to start to work, see the process, see him understand what we do, the players understand his movement, so it was a question of time, but how he adjusted, it was so quick.
His first goals were against West Ham. He broke the record against West Ham.
When you provide him with chances, he scores in all situations.
Penalties. Crosses. Combinations. Transitions. He can do many, many things.
That's why he scored a lot of goals.
I have the feeling he wants to score goals because of his mentality.
I think he is so calm. He wants to score more, more, more.
He thinks he will score in the next minute, the next action. This is so positive. I learnt a lot from this type of mentality. The ambition is there otherwise he would not score here, Dortmund and Salzburg."
