Manchester City star Erling Haaland continued in his sublime form all through the season as he bagged a goal and an assist in his club’s victory over Bayern Munich last night.
Haaland has netted 45 goals in 39 games this campaign, the highest for any Premier League player in a season ever and he looks like he isn’t stopping anytime soon.
The prolific number nine of the Cityzens has been in monstrous form this campaign. He alongside Rodri and Bernardo Silva condemned Bayern Munich to a defeat at the Etihad stadium.
Erling Haaland is the top scorer in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign with 11 goals to his name in 7 games played.
The Norwegian had the least touches with 28 of any outfield player who featured for the entire duration of the game but no matter how many touches he gets, his potency rate is unrivaled.
The attacker is chasing Ronaldo’s UEFA Champions League record
He is eyeing the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2013/14 season, who scored 17 goals all through the matches he played in that campaign.
Erling Braut Haaland is also closing in on the record currently being held by Mohammed Salah who netted 32 goals in the 2017/18 Premier League season.
The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 Premier League goals so far and with a creative force of Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva amongst other assisting him, he is expected to break that record soon.
Haaland became the quickest player to reach 30 Premier League goals by hitting that mark with a sublime overhead kick in only his 27th game for Manchester City at Southampton.
The man who was signed from Borussia Dortmund for £51.2 million in the summer of 2022 on a five-year deal has been remarkable this season thus far.
Erling Haaland had lost to Bayern Munich all seven occasions he previously faced the side before Tuesday night, but he came out victorious in England having a significant hand in the defeat of the Bavarians.
Erling Haaland is the joint top goalscorer across Europe in 2023
The former Bryne, Molde, RB Salzburg and Borrusia Dortmund forward is the joint top goalscorer across Europe in 2023 with 17 goals netted since the start of the year.
He alongside Marcus Rashford of Manchester United are closely followed by Karim Benzema of Real Madrid on 16 goals, Victor Osimhen of Napoli on 15 goals and Thijs Dalliga of Toulouse on 13 goals who complete the top 5.
Manchester City In the last few years have come close to winning the UEFA Champions League losing to Chelsea in the 2020/21 final and crashing out the following campaign after losing to Real Madrid in the Semi-final.
And many have linked their inability to lift the competition on the lack of a proper top 9 but with the arrival of Erling Haaland, it might just be their season seeing how they confidently dispatched Bayern Munich at the Etihad.
The 22-year-old has netted 200 goals in 239 matches so far in his career for the clubs he has represented.
