Champions League top scorer with 12 goals scored, and in the semifinal of the competition, Haaland can break important records this year; see which ones
Top scorer in the current edition of the Champions League, and known by many as the “record breaker”, Erling Haalandfollows the path of the semifinals of the competition together with the manchester city. With 12 goals scored, the Norwegian, who will play at this stage of the tournament for the first time, could break a few more records on his way to the dream of the title.
With 35 goals scored in his Champions history, Haaland has already become the fastest to score 20, 25, 30 and the current amount in history. Now, the goal is to score three more goals in this knockout round, to reach the mark of Benzemawhich has 10 in the same round against seven in the current Comet campaign.
Also, five short of tying the record for Cristiano Ronaldo, of the most goals in the same edition, with 17, which makes the task more difficult since there are only three matches left. A target that should be confirmed is the highest number of goals in a campaign by an English club, which is already tied with Van Nistelrooy of Manchester United from 2002/03.
Throughout the tournament, since his first game in a Manchester City shirt, Haaland has not scored in just two games. The first in the group stage, against Borussia Dortmundwhere he only played 45 minutes, and the second against RB Leipzigin the round of 16, having left everything for the return match, when he scored five goals.
Meanwhile, in the Premier League, the young Norwegian is also close to hitting relevant milestones that have lasted for many years. With 32 goals, just two to match Andy Cole of 93/94, and Alan Shearer of 94/95 in the same edition, which had more than 20 participants, and therefore, played more games than currently.
Source: sportbuzz
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