Back-to-back hat-tricks. Nine goals in five games. No player has ever made as good a start to the Premier League as the towering Norway striker.
Haaland's latest three-goal haul came in the first half of Manchester City's 6-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night, three days after achieving the same feat in the second half against Crystal Palace.
City were banking on Haaland being the heir to long-time striker Sergio Aguero and it's already looking as if that is the case.
Aguero previously held the record for most goals in a player's first five Premier League appearances, with eight along with former Coventry striker Mick Quinn. Haaland has bettered that, and surely more scoring records will fall if he continues like this.
"What Haaland wants is to win titles," Guardiola said of the striker who scored with his left foot, right foot and head against Forest.
"Knowing him, he would not be happy to break records if we don't win titles.
"Sergio is a legend — no one can break his position in the hearts of Man. City fans. But Erling has the quality to be there."
City are the red-hot favourites to win the title again with Haaland leading the line and are unbeaten with four wins from five games.
Even their back-up striker is scoring, with Julian Alvarez — an off-season arrival from Argentina's River Plate — marking his first start with two goals in the second half. Joao Cancelo also scored with a blast from outside the box.
Still, the champions aren't top. That honour remains with Arsenal.
The Gunners have matched their best ever start to an EPL campaign after securing a fifth straight win to open the season by beating Aston Villa 2-1.
Gabriel Martinelli's 77th-minute goal clinched victory at Emirates Stadium after Arsenal were pegged back by conceding a goal straight from a Douglas Luiz corner.
That came against the run of play, with Arsenal dominating the game but only having a Gabriel Jesus 30th-minute goal — his third of the season — to show for it.
"That is the spirit we need to keep for the whole season," Martinelli said.
Villa have lost four of their five games, leaving manager Steven Gerrard under pressure.
Gerrard's former club Liverpool are battling hard to keep up with the fierce pace set by Arsenal and City, needing a goal in the eighth minute of added time by Fabio Carvalho to claim a dramatic 2-1 win over Newcastle United.
Alexander Isak gave the Magpies the lead in the 38th on his debut following Friday's move from Real Sociedad for a club-record fee.
Roberto Firmino swept in a finish from Mohamed Salah's cross to equalise before a penalty-box melee following a corner saw Carvalho — a summer signing from Fulham — react quickest to smash into the roof of the net.
"I am not sure everyone in the stadium kept believing but from now on we have to," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said.
"What a wonderful goal from the little one."
It was a second straight victory for Liverpool, who opened the season without winning any of their first three games.
Elsewhere, Tottenham remained unbeaten after a 1-1 draw at West Ham while Bournemouth drew 0-0 at home to Wolverhampton two days after firing manager Scott Parker.
With PA, Reuters
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