Haaland scored in each half to move to 19 goals in 17 matches this campaign and also set up Tijjani Reijnders' goal in a 3-0 win at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
The victory lifted City into first place, temporarily a point ahead of Arsenal before the deposed leaders' match at Everton later on Saturday.
104 - @ErlingHaaland, @didierdrogba— Premier League (@premierleague) December 20, 2025103 - @CristianoHaaland's two goals against West Ham moves him above Ronaldo and level with Drogba in the scoring charts
Haaland has 38 goals in a combined 28 games for club and country in what is shaping up to be the most prolific season of his career. Injury permitting.
His double gave him 104 in the Premier League, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo having played 122 games fewer than the former Manchester United icon. Haaland also moved alongside Didier Drogba's 104 for Chelsea.
He scored at the second attempt from Phil Foden's cross to give City a fifth-minute lead and took advantage of a defensive mix-up to make it 3-0 in the 69th.
In between, he slipped a short pass to Reijnders, who took a touch and rifled a shot into the roof of the net in the 38th minute.
Champions Liverpool won at nine-man Tottenham 2-1 but lost British soccer's record signing Alexander Isak to a left ankle injury sustained when he scored the first goal.
On as a sub against Tottenham, Isak scored within 11 minutes but in the act of converting his finish, his left ankle was hurt by a challenge from Micky van de Ven and he was helped off the field.
Tottenham were already down to 10 after Xavi Simons' red card for a studs-up foul on Virgil van Dijk, and Hugo Ekitike doubled Liverpool's lead with a header.
Richarlison reduced the deficit for Spurs in the 83rd but there was still time for Cristian Romero to also get sent off for Spurs after kicking out at Ibrahima Konate.
What a difference a week made for Nick Woltemade. Last weekend, he scored an own-goal to consign Newcastle to a derby loss at fierce north-east rivals Sunderland.
Six days later, he netted twice in the opening 20 minutes to give his team a fast start against Chelsea. The visitors recovered, though, to draw 2-2 with a free-kick goal from Reece James and Joao Pedro's equaliser coming off a rare assist from goalkeeper Robert Sanchez's long clearance.
Chelsea remained fourth after winning only one of their last five games in the league.
2 - Wolves have the joint-fewest points ever by a side in their first 17 matches of a season in English league history (2), alongside Newport County in the fourth tier in 1970-71 and Sheffield United in the Premier League in 2020-21. Toothless. pic.twitter.com/cjCktrrQvN— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 20, 2025
Basement club Wolves remained without a win and on just two points after losing at home to Brentford 2-0, with Keane Lewis-Potter scoring both the visitors' goals in the second half.
It ensured Wolves tied Sheffield United's 2020-21 record of 17 games without a win from the start of a Premier League season.
Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo is reportedly a target of some of the Premier League's biggest teams, including Man City and Manchester United, and he underlined his worth by curling home his team's goal in a 1-1 draw with Burnley, who ended a seven-match losing run with a 90th-minute Armando Broja equaliser.
Sunderland are doing much better since promotion, their 0-0 draw at Brighton putting them fifth.
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