Erling Haaland continued his wild goal streak in the Champions League.
Erling Haaland now has 28 goals in the Champions League. PDO
Erling Haaland’s the numbers are startling.
On Wednesday, the Norwegian giant completed Manchester City’s first two goals as the team crushed FC København at home.
The super-striker, who turned 22 in the summer, also passed the Champions League in goal statistics Rivaldo and Luis Suárez and leveled up Ryan Giggs with.
Giggs played 141 Chämppäri matches in Manchester United’s shirt and scored a total of 28 goals. Haaland has now reached his side in the power statistics, even though there were only 22 matches behind him.
The first time Haaland struck already in the seventh minute, when he scored João Cancelon to the front corner of the pass. At about half an hour, København veskar Kamil Grabara spat his save straight into Haaland’s reach, and Haaland thanked him by doubling the hosts’ lead.
The guests David Khocholava prevented the Norwegian from getting a hat-trick when he unfortunately put the ball into his own net before Haaland could get to it. At the same time, also the goalscorers of the Champions League David Trezeguet and Patrick Kluivert (both with 29 hits) could still breathe a sigh of relief. Their position has been secured for at least a week.
The statisticians knew how to tell that Haaland has now finished or assisted a goal on the Euro courts on average every 54.3 minutes.
Chelsea won
City manager Pep Guardiola replaced his Viking star during the break, and gave the 20-year-old a place on the screen For Cole Palmer. In the second episode Riyad Mahrez (from a comma) and Julian Alvarez made the final numbers 5–0.
In total, City has scored 27 goals at home this season, and Haaland alone has accounted for almost half of them (12).
Haaland was by no means the only superstar who embellished his statistics in the Champions League. The one at the other end of the career path Leo Messi scored PSG’s goal in a 1–1 draw with Benfica. Flea played a fast wall Kylian Mbappé with and shot a wonderful shot into the top corner with his club.
The story continues after the picture
Leo Messi scored PSG’s opening goal in Lisbon. PDO
The Argentinian has now scored in 18 consecutive Champions League seasons and no fewer than 40 against different opponents.
In the top fight on Wednesday, Chelsea softened AC Milan with a 3–0 home win. Wesley Fofana, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Reece Jones were responsible for the Blues’ goals, which brought the Londoners into the fight for the next places. Red Bull Salzburg topped group E, beating Dinamo Zagreb in an early evening match Noah Okafor hard
Chelsea travel to San Siro next week, where the Rossoneri congregation will demand revenge for Wednesday’s humiliation.