Records Haaland could break against Man United Erling Haaland

LONDON. — Erling Haaland prepares for his first derby against Manchester United on Sunday — after a record-breaking start at Manchester City in the English Premiership football.

Haaland seemingly breaks records every time he steps on the pitch for City, with 14 goals in his first 10 games before the international break.

So what landmarks has the Norwegian 22-year-old, who is already on his fifth club, already achieved and what else is possible this season? BBC Sport takes a look.

What records has he already broken this season?

Haaland has scored 11 goals in his first seven English Premier League appearances, taking the old record of Mick Quinn from December 1992. He shares the record for most goals in his first 10 Premier League games with Quinn, Papiss Cisse and Diego Costa – with three games to spare.

His nine goals in his first five games were also a record — and made him the top scorer in August of any English Premier League season.

Haaland is the first player to score in his first four away games in the English Premier League.

He also broke a few records on his Champions League debut at Sevilla, with a double in a 4-0 win, and more with the late winner against his old side Dortmund.

Haaland became the first player to score multiple times on his Champions League debut for three different clubs – after a hat-trick for Salzburg against Genk and two goals for Dortmund against Paris St-Germain.

That took him to 25 Champions League goals in just 20 games — smashing the old record of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roberto Soldado, who scored 16 in their first 20 games.

He is the youngest player to score 25 goals in the competition, beating the record of Kylian Mbappe, who in turn took the landmark off Lionel Messi.

His goal against Dortmund took him to 26 goals in 21 games. He has already equalled the record for most goals in his first 30 Champions League games – with nine games left to score once and break Van Nistelrooy’s record.

Haaland also has the record for fewest Champions League games needed to score 10, 15 and 20 goals. Nobody else has scored multiple goals in four successive appearances in the competition.

He is also the first City player to score on both his English Premier League debut and Champions League debut for the club.

Haaland’s previous goalscoring records. — BBC Sport.

 

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