Erling Haaland: Man City star has more CL goals than 13 world-class strikers

Erling Braut Haaland is a goalscoring machine.

The 22-year-old touched down on English shores in the summer with a glowing reputation after his exploits at both Red Bull Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund.

Football fans expected him to score goals aplenty at Manchester City as a result, but no one envisioned him being quite this good.

In 12 games across all competitions under Pep Guardiola’s rule, Haaland has rippled the back of the net an astonishing 19 times.

The Norwegian superstar followed up his hat-trick against Manchester United last weekend with yet another brace in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday evening.

Haaland’s clinical 45-minute cameo at the Etihad has taken him to 28 goals overall in Europe’s top-tier competition from just 22 appearances.

The numbers are ridiculous, aren’t they?

Haaland now sits 29th in the Champions League’s all-time scoring charts and he’s the only player in the top 30 who’s averaging over a goal per game.

What is more, the cyborg-like striker is already ahead of a plethora of modern day greats.

We’ve poured through the data and cherry-picked 13 world-class strikers – past and present – who now trail Haaland in terms of Champions League goals.

Let’s begin…

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13. Francesco Totti (AS Roma) – 17 goals

12. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) – 18 goals

11. Andy Cole (Manchester United) – 18 goals

10. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – 20 goals

9. Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea) – 20 goals

8. Marco Simone (AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco) – 23 goals

7. Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid, Napoli, Juventus) – 24 goals

6. Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich, Lyon) – 24 goals

5. Hernan Crespo (Parma, Lazio, Inter Milan, AC Milan,