After opening the scoring for Manchester City against Bayern Munich, Erling Haaland equalled a record set by Ruud van Nistelrooy to score the most goals for a Premier League club in the Champions League.
The Manchester United legend set the record back in the 2002/2003 season, where he was on fire for the Sky Blues’ arch-rivals.
However, Erling Haaland managed to equal a 20-year-old record set by Ruud van Nistelrooy in his debut campaign for Manchester City up against Bayern Munich.
Numbers behind the record equalled by Haaland to go level with Van Nistelrooy during Manchester City vs Bayern
The £51.2 million (Eurosport) man has been as decisive in the Champions League, as he has been in the Premier League.
The numbers speak for themselves, as the Norwegian No.9 went on to increase his tally to 48 goals in all competitions after putting the ball in the back of the net against the German juggernaut.
LiveScore revealed that as Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored his 12th goal of the ongoing Champions League campaign, he went level with the record set by Ruud van Nistelrooy.
And with the potential of City perhaps playing three more games with two semi-finals to go and even a final, he could well make history.
MCN View: What Haaland is doing in sky blue is unprecedented
Despite being just 22 years old, the fact that it is not an outrageous claim to make that Haaland is already one of the best goalscorers we have ever seen is ridiculous.
Alphonso Davies rightly said that the ex-Borussia Dortmund marksman is destined to go down as a ‘legend’ of the game.
The fact that in his first season at Manchester City, Erling Haaland managed to equal a record set by a legendary striker like Ruud van Nistelrooy against Bayern sums up how much of a special player he is.
It’s safe to say the Etihad faithful are well and truly witnessing greatness.
