The second half of March has yet to begin and 22-year-old Haaland is already the player who has scored the most goals for Manchester City in a single season. That is one of the staggering milestones after the striker’s five goals in the Champions League match against RB Leipzig.
Haaland breaks 94-year-old Man City record on magical night
Tommy Johnson was a feared striker on the English fields in the 1920s. He played a total of more than three hundred games for Manchester City. And the 1928/29 season was the best football year in his career. The Englishman then scored 38 times. Johnson set a record that would stand for 94 years.
With a maximum of nineteen games left in his debut season for City, Haaland already broke that record on Tuesday evening. The counter with the striker who came over from Borussia Dortmund already stands at 39 goals for his club this season. Against Leipzig ( 7-0 ) there was no measure to the Premier League and Champions League top scorer, who was razor sharp in the penalty area. After scoring five times, he was replaced by Pep Guardiola in the 63rd minute. The Spaniard wanted to give the record breaker some rest.
With his five goals in the return against Leipzig, Haaland became the third player to score five times in a single Champions League match. Lionel Messi scored five times for Barcelona in March 2012 against Bayer Leverkusen and Luiz Adriano scored five goals for Shakhtar Donetsk in October 2014 against BATE Borisov.
Champions League milestone: Haaland dethrones Van Nistelrooij
Erling Haaland scored his thirtieth goal in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. No player reached the 30-goal mark faster on the highest European podium than the 22-year-old Manchester City striker.
Haaland has only needed 25 appearances in the Champions League to score 30 goals. In the return of the eighth final against RB Leipzig. The young Norwegian scored again in the 22nd minute, who used a penalty kick. Two minutes later he scored his thirtieth goal in the billion dollar ball by scoring from a rebound. After a shot from Kevin De Bruyne.
Ruud van Nistelrooij was the one who had reached the thirty-goal mark the fastest. The former top striker only needed 34 appearances for that. Prior to Haaland’s thirtieth goal. Robert Lewandowski was number two on the list (46 matches), followed by Lionel Messi (48) and Neymar (49).
