Haaland on a record spree

"Every team has to fear this player because he is just a monster. He is a beast, congratulations to Manchester City for signing him."

Former Bayern Munich and Germany striker Mario Gomez.

Manchester City striker Erling Braut Haaland continues his phenomenal scoring spree this season, toppling records one after another, as he netted the third goal in his side's comprehensive 3-0 win over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday.

• The Norwegian goal machine became the first Premier League player to score 45 times in a single season. Haaland surpassed Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Liverpool's Mo Salah season tally in 13 fewer games (39).
• He broke a personal record, as well, for the 22-year-old had scored a total of 44 in 2019-20 (28 for Salzburg and 16 for Borussia Dortmund).
• More records await him: Haaland is five goals behind from breaking an age-old English record set by Clive Allen, who scored 49 goals for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1886-87 season.
• And five Premier League goals will take Haaland past Blackburn Rovers' Alan Shearer (1994-95) and Newcastle United's Andy Cole's (1993-94) season record of 34 goals.
• His 11th Champions League goal this season places him one behind the Premier League player record of 12, registered by Van Nistelrooy in the 2002-03 competition, and six behind the all-time record set by Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14.
• Seemingly the most improbable of the lot, yet lurking in the horizon for Haaland, is Lionel Messi's 73 goals for Barcelona in all competitions in 2011-12.