Haaland's new record that puts him among the best in the history of the Champions League

Erling Haaland returned to scoring in the UEFA Champions League and did it in the best possible way. The Norwegian footballer shone with a double against Young Boys and scored his first two goals in this Champions League season. However, in addition to the victory and the goals, the Norwegian forward achieved an important record, which places him among the best players in the competition, not only today, but historically.

Erling Haaland reached 37 goals in his entire career in the UEFA Champions League. At 23 years of age, a certainly huge figure that puts him among the 20 historical scorers in the competition. With this number, he surpasses footballers like Sergio Aguero, Edinson Cavani, Ricardo Kaka or Luis Figo. Furthermore, he is only 5 goals behind Kylian Mbappe, who has 42 goals in his entire Champions League career.

After the victory, Manchester City managed to add 9 points in the 3 group stage matches of the competition, waiting for a second round, but without so much trouble, as they found themselves at the top of their group. There has been a lot of talk about whether Manchester City is really a strong candidate to win the Champions League title again, and the reality is that they have a very competitive team to try.

Pep Guardiola's words about what happened

"It was an exceptional match, it is more difficult to play on this grass," said coach Josep Guardiola. "One more game won to qualify mathematically and then we will have two more to be first," he calculated. The champion clubs of England and Switzerland will meet again on the fourth day of the group, on November 7, this time at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. For Haaland's part, Pep confessed that "critics want him to fail, but he will continue scoring." Haaland could have even expanded the score with other great chances (71, 79).