– We have had a lot of push-outs in recent years, so it feels magical that we got push-in today, he said.
– There was a bit of sloppiness in today’s match, but 5-0 is good. And it was a wonderful feeling when it was tied in the second game. We followed along on the phone, but didn’t quite realize it until the audience cheered.
The Austria match finished a few minutes after Norway’s match, and it was an exciting few minutes before the cheers could be unleashed.
With 21 national team goals, Sørloth is tied with Steffen Iversen as the top scorer for Norway. Only eight male players are ahead of them, but Erling Braut Haaland went even further with a hat trick. He is now superbly at the top with 38.
– His numbers are absolutely world class, said Sørloth.
Haaland has now scored 32 of Norway’s 81 goals in Ståle Solbakken’s time as Norway’s national team manager. Sørloth has accounted for 12, so that the two together have well over half of the scores. No one else has more than four.
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