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Spectacular pirouette by Haaland that allows Manchester City to steal United’s record for unbeaten matches in the Champions League

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Erling Haaland, the great goalscorer of European football of the last five years, scored a brace in the 5-0 victory of Manchester City at home against Sparta Prague for the third match of the regular phase of the League of Champions.

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At 13′ of the second half, when the team Pep Guardiola won thanks to an early goal from Phil Foden, Haaland excelled with one pirouette in the best Zlatan Ibrahimovic style shout 2-0. After a high cross to him from Savinho, he gained position on his marker, jumped and with a stick in the air shouted the second.

The third and fourth also arrived hastily. First, John Stones extended the lead with a headed lob; Then, Haaland appeared again. In a goal-to-goal play, he received a pass from Matheus in the crescent of the area, lined up for the right leg and finished.

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With ten minutes to go, the Norwegian was replaced by young Nico O’Reilly and missed the penalty shot which Matheus finally scored to make it 5-0. In this way, the Citizens obtained qualification for the round of 16 after the opening draw against Inter and remain without conceding a goal.

With this victory, City took away the record of unbeaten matches (26) in the Champions League from its historic rival, Manchester United.

Haaland’s numbers

With the brace against Sparta Prague, Haaland reached the milestone 44 goals in 42 matches played in the Champions League and surpassed glories of European football such as Sergio Agüero (36), Didier Drogba (36), Thierry Henry (35) and Ruud Van Nistelrooy (35).

Furthermore, with the Manchester City shirt, he averages close to a goal per game: 103 goals in 110 games played.

What if the statistic extended to his entire career? I am 292 goals in 347 games. And he’s only 24 years old.

Source: Clarin

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