Erling Haaland breaks another record

Erling Haaland broke the scoring record by a Premier League player in one season as Manchester City hammered Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Report informs referring to BBC.

The 22-year-old Norway striker fired in City's third in their 3-0 quarter-final first-leg win to reach another landmark in his first season in English football.

That was his 45th goal for City this season, in just his 39th game, a record for a Premier League player in all competitions.

This was his fifth goal in seven games against German champions Bayern, having played them regularly with Borussia Dortmund, but he had never beaten them before.

Ruud van Nistelrooy hit 44 goals for Manchester United in 2002-03 and Mohamed Salah did the same for Liverpool in 2017-18.