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Erling Haaland breaks the Champions League scoring record held by a Man Utd icon.
During Tuesday’s match between Manchester City and RB Leipzig, Erling Haaland became the youngest player in competition history to score his 30th Champions League goal.
Former Real Madrid and Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy previously held the record, scoring 30 goals in his first 34 games.
Haaland, who reached 30 in only 25 matches, utterly destroyed that fast.
Haaland broke the record of more than one United great, including Van Nistelrooy. Wayne Rooney scored his final goal in the 84th of his 85 appearances in the competition, giving him a career total of 30 goals. Haaland now has the same number of goals as Rooney.
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Haaland also broke the record for the youngest player to ever score 30 goals in the Champions League, which kept the records falling.
At 22 years, 236 days, Haaland takes the title from career rival Kylian Mbappe, who reached 30 at 22 years, 352 days.
Haaland will now be aiming for the record for 40 Champions League goals.
Van Nistelrooy holds the record for being the fastest player to reach that tally, doing so in 45 games, 14 fewer than Mbappe, who bagged his 40th in his 59th outing.
Mbappe remains the youngest player to hit 40, doing so at 23 years, 317 days.