ERLING HAALAND broke several Champions League records after putting five past RB Leipzig.
The striker has been in scintillating form this season and increased his tally to 39 goals in 36 games in all competitions against the German side.
GettyErling Haaland smashed several records by scoring five against RB Leipzig[/caption]
He has an astonishing nine goals in the Champions League and became the fastest player to score 30 goals in the competition.
Haaland smashed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s existing record of 34 games by achieving the scoring feat in just 25 matches.
By comparison, Wayne Rooney managed 30 goals in 85 games, while Champions League icons Samuel Eto’o and Kaka took 55 matches to reach that tally.
He is also the youngest player in Champions League history to hit the 30-goal milestone, beating Kylian Mbappe by 116 days.
The striker was prolific for RB Salzburg in Europe and while at Borussia Dortmund he became the fastest player to score 20 Champions League goals.
Haaland has now scored five hat-tricks this season – the first Prem player to do so since Harry Kane in 2016-17.
That has helped him break a Manchester City record – his 39 goals are the most scored by a City player in a single campaign, overtaking Tommy Johnson’s record of 38 from 1928-29.
Incredibly, the Norwegian has now scored 1.9 per cent of all City’s Prem and Champions League goals.
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Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne also got on the scoresheet as the Citizens ran out 7-0 winners, but fans on social media could not stop talking about Haaland.
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