Erling Haaland is having a record-breaking week, leading the scoring list in the Champions League and Premier League 2023/24

Erling Haaland played a major role in Manchester City's comeback victory against Leipzig. The Norwegian star set two more records after the fifth matchday of Group G in the Champions League on the morning of November 29th.

Erling Haaland đang dẫn đầu danh sách ghi bàn tại Champions League và Ngoại hạng Anh 2023/24

Erling Haaland (left) is Man City's main striker. (Source: Reuters)

At the Etihad Stadium, visiting German side Leipzig caused a shock by taking a two-goal lead against Man City in the first half. Striker Lois Openda successfully capitalized on both quick counter-attacks, finding the back of the net past goalkeeper Ederson.

However, Erling Haaland opened a spectacular comeback for Man City in the second half with a goal in the 54th minute of the match.

Then, Phil Foden and Alvarez scored in the 70th and 87th minutes respectively to help the home team at the Etihad Stadium come from behind to beat Leipzig 3-2, solidifying their position at the top of Group G with five wins out of five matches.

Erling Haaland's 54th-minute goal against Leipzig also helped him set two records simultaneously. The Norwegian striker became the fastest player to reach 40 goals in the Champions League, achieving this milestone in just 35 matches. He significantly surpassed Ruud van Nistelrooy's record by 10 games.

Furthermore, Haaland also became the youngest player to reach 40 goals in the Champions League at just 23 years and 130 days old. Haaland broke the previous record set by Kylian Mbappe in 2022.

That was also Haaland's 12th goal in 8 appearances against Leipzig, the most goals he has scored against a single team.

Erling Haaland is having a week full of records. Last weekend, Haaland became the fastest player to reach 50 goals in the Premier League when he scored against Liverpool. The superstar achieved this milestone in 48 games, also shattering the previous record set by Andy Cole of 65 games.

After 20 appearances in all competitions, Haaland scored 19 goals and provided 4 assists. He has scored 14 goals in the Premier League and 5 goals in the Champions League.

Currently, the Norwegian striker is leading the scoring list in these two tournaments at the same time.

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