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We must look beyond the brute numbers to really appreciate Haaland’s legend | Jonathan Liew

Erling Haaland reached 100 Premier League goals at Fulham on Tuesday. om Jenkins/The GuardianErling Haaland reached 100 Premier League goals at Fulham on Tuesday. om Jenkins/The GuardianWe must look beyond the brute numbers to really appreciate Haaland’s legendJonathan LiewPerhaps the data-soaked discourse of modern football actually does this Premier League centurion something of a disserviceStack them up.

We must look beyond the brute numbers to really appreciate Haaland’s legend | Jonathan Liew

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Key Highlights

  • Pile them high.
  • Sort them and arrange them, parse them and categorise them, order them to your table like items in a Chinese restaurant.
  • Personal favourites?
  • Give me the No 33 against Arsenal, the one with the flowing hair.
  • I’ll also take a No 81 against Chelsea, when he spots a hapless Robert Sánchez out of goal, and lobs him deliciously from the edge of the area. Give me a No 98 against Bournemouth, in which he deliberately slants his run around the keeper, slots it in from a tight angle, tries to clamber atop the advertising hoardings in triumph, loses his balance, collapses in peals of giggles.
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