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Manchester City’s Erling Haaland surpasses unique Lionel Messi record in UCL

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland surpasses unique Lionel Messi record in UCL

Manchester City's striker Erling Haaland breaks tie with Messi in the Champions League after adding two goals to his tally

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

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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:

RankNameGoalsAppearances
1Cristiano Ronaldo140183
2Lionel Messi129163
3Robert Lewandowski92114
4Karim Benzema90152
5Raúl71142
6Ruud van Nistelrooy5673
7Thomas Müller53145
8Thierry Henry50112
9Alfredo Di Stéfano4958
10Andriy Shevchenko48100
Zlatan Ibrahimović48124
12Eusébio4665
Filippo Inzaghi4681
14Mohamed Salah4479
Didier Drogba4492
16Neymar4381
17Kylian Mbappé4265
Alessandro Del Piero4289
19Sergio Agüero4179
20Erling Haaland3934

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.

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