In 60 fewer games, Haaland has three more Champions League goals than Wayne Rooney.
On another record-breaking night for the striker, Erling Haaland became Manchester City's highest goalscorer in a single season. The Norwegian scored five goals, including a hat-trick in the first half, as City defeated RB Leipzig 7-0 to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. Haaland has scored 39 goals in 36 games since joining City last summer. He has broken Tommy Johnson's 94-year-old City record for most goals in a single season. And it's still only March. "My superpower is goal scoring," Haaland told BT Sport. "A lot of it is about thinking quickly and putting it where the goalkeeper is not. "I was exhausted.
Haaland has now scored 33 goals in 25 Champions League games, making him the youngest player to do so at 22 years and 236 days, 116 days younger than previous record holder Kylian Mbappe. This season, Haaland has ten goals in the Champions League, more than any other City player has ever had in a single season. The former Red Bull Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund striker has more goals in Europe's top flight than Wayne Rooney, Kaka, and Samuel Eto'o combined. Man City advances to the quarter-finals after Haaland scores five goals. Manchester City latest news, analysis, and fan opinions Receive Man City news alerts Haaland scored the game's first goal in front of a raucous Etihad Stadium crowd with a clinical penalty into the bottom right corner. His next four finishes were as follows:
