Neither Cristiano nor Messi, the record that puts Haaland as the best of 2023

Manchester City secured qualification in their group heading to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. The citizen team achieved an important victory against RB Leipzig and all thanks to Haaland, Foden and Julian Alvarez, who came out inspired for the match. After being 2-0 down on the scoreboard, Pep Guardiola's team was able to come back and achieve an important record that puts them among the best teams of the moment.

Precisely, the first of them began with the comeback in the 54th minute and reached 50 goals so far in 2023, so he reached this figure before other elements such as Harry Kane (49), Cristiano Ronaldo (48) and Kylian Mbappé (48). It is important to note that this Tuesday the Frenchman also scored and on Wednesday the Englishman could equal or surpass him, but Haaland got it first and is hungry for more.

In addition to this, the Norwegian striker reached 40 goals in the Champions League, breaking the records of the youngest and fastest footballer to reach this amount of goals in the European Cup since he only needed 35 matches in the most transcendental competition at club level and he did it at the age of 23 (+130 days).

Erling Haaland and his favorite rival

Having gone through the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, Erling already knew what it was like to score against the 'Red Bulls' of Germany before landing at the Etihad Stadium, but there have also been two consecutive campaigns in which he has sent the ball to save against them and in the round of 16 the previous year he scored 4 goals against them in the second leg. The Citizens' '9' has a favorite rival in RB Leipzig, against whom he has scored 12 goals.