Manchester City’s Erling Haaland played against BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League last time out. He scored two goals against them to take his tally up to 39 goals in the Champions League. This broke his tie with Lionel Messi for the second most Champions League goals scored before turning 24.
Erling Haaland is also now just two goals shy from breaking Kylian Mbappe’s record, which stands at 40 goals. Erling Haaland has consistently been breaking records ever since he joined Manchester City. He will surely cross 40 Champions League goals before turning 24 and add another record to his achievements.
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Haaland scored his first goal against Young Boys in the 23rd minute. Lauper fouled Rico Lewis in the penalty area, and Manchester City was awarded a penalty. Haaland stepped up and converted the penalty to score his first. Haaland added to his tally in the 51st minute of the game. Rico Lewis cut the ball back to Haaland, who stepped away from Amenda and finished into the top right corner to take his Champions League goal tally to 39, and beating his tie with Lionel Messi.
Erling Haaland is already in the top 20 Champions League goal-scorers of all time
Erling Haaland is 20th in the UEFA Champions League all-time goal scorers list. Haaland is just 23 years old and has already scored more Champions League goals than many legends like Ferenc Puskas, Gerd Muller, Arjen Robben, Wayne Rooney, and Kaka.
List Of UEFA Champions League Top Scorers:
| Rank | Name | Goals | Appearances |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 140 | 183 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | 129 | 163 |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski | 92 | 114 |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | 90 | 152 |
| 5 | Raúl | 71 | 142 |
| 6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 | 73 |
| 7 | Thomas Müller | 53 | 145 |
| 8 | Thierry Henry | 50 | 112 |
| 9 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 49 | 58 |
| 10 | Andriy Shevchenko | 48 | 100 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | 48 | 124 | |
| 12 | Eusébio | 46 | 65 |
| Filippo Inzaghi | 46 | 81 | |
| 14 | Mohamed Salah | 44 | 79 |
| Didier Drogba | 44 | 92 | |
| 16 | Neymar | 43 | 81 |
| 17 | Kylian Mbappé | 42 | 65 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 42 | 89 | |
| 19 | Sergio Agüero | 41 | 79 |
| 20 | Erling Haaland | 39 | 34 |
Erling Haaland has already scored 39 goals at the age of 23. While Erling Haaland is still far from catching up to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, he is on the right track. Haaland has an unbelievable goal-to-game ratio of 1.15, which is the highest on the list. Haaland averages higher than 1 goal per game in one of the toughest competitions in the world. If Haaland can continue this, he will undoubtedly catch up to even Cristiano Ronaldo, the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League with 140 goals.
