Manchester City striker Erling Haaland don make history as di first player wey don score for five consecutive Champions League games for three different clubs.
Pep Guardiola side waka well to collect 4-1 win against Borussia Dortmund for Europe on Wednesday, thanks to two goals from Phil Foden, plus strikes from Rayan Cherki and Haaland.
Di Citizens don reach fourth place for league phase table with 10 points from four games, and considering say 16 points dey needed to finish top eight and qualify automatically for round of 16 for 2024-25, e go surprise if dem go play playoff.
Erling Haaland Record
Haaland goal for di night mean say him be only player for Champions League history wey don score in five consecutive games for three different clubs. Di 25-year-old don also score for five consecutive matches for Dortmund in 2020-21, and Red Bull Salzburg in 2019-20.
Haaland Best Season?
Haaland don score 27 goals for club and country this season in 17 matches, plus four assists. For 14 games for City this term, Norwegian don score 18 goals, wey pass him 14 goals in first 14 games for 2024-25.
Di striker don score 13 in 14 games at di start of 2023-24, and 22 goals in first 14 fixtures of debut season 2022-23. E good make we note say Haaland never score for eight of next 14 matches for City in 2022-23, so if e avoid that kind dry spell this season, e fit be him best season yet.
City Fit Win Champions League and Premier League?
Even though City dey six points behind Arsenal after 10 Premier League games, di gap no too big, and nobody suppose write off Guardiola chance to claim seventh league title for England.
For Champions League hopes, dem go need other players to start contribute for final third as Haaland be only player wey don score more than four goals in all competitions. Foden don dey perform well when e dey close to striker, and if e fit continue like how e play against Dortmund for rest of season, City no go rely too much on Haaland alone.
With more goalscoring options for pitch at di same time, City’s chances to succeed for Europe go increase well well.
