Haaland

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been battling to become the best player in world football for the last decade and more, however, their time might be ...

“Is that help going to help us win the title? What we have to do is play well, create chances to help him score goals and hopefully we can do it.” He has become the youngest player to reach this feat at 22 years and 47 days old. Mbappe at 22 years and 80 days old. I always have belief, but if we rely only on Erling's shoulders, we are not going to win the Champions League. [Lionel Messi](https://www.sportbible.com/lionel-messi) and [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.sportbible.com/cristiano-ronaldo) have been battling to become the best player in world football for the last decade and more, however, their time might be over as [Kylian Mbappe](https://www.sportbible.com/kylian-mbappe) and [Erling Haaland](https://www.sportbible.com/erling-haaland) begin to takeover.

Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland has become such a prolific scorer at Manchester City that talking about him is part of his matchday "routine."

He reads really well the spaces and I am very pleased for him." [John Stones](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157974/John-Stones) and could keep his place for [Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367)'s visit to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. He has an incredible sense of goal." [Phil Foden](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250787/Phil-Foden) and [Ruben Dias](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/234878/Rúben-Dias) on the scoresheet in Spain as Guaridola's team made the perfect start to Group G. [Bono](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/175149/Bono). It's not just the two goals, it's always he's there, always he's there.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says praising striker Erling Haaland after every game has become a 'routine' which he loves.

Guardiola says it’s becoming a theme to praise the 22-year-old for his efforts. He said: “I love this routine, but it’s been a routine in every single press conference after the game, asking me about him and his goals. City beat Spanish side Sevilla 4-0 away from home in their first Champions League match of the season, with Haaland scoring two goals in the game.

Some strikers rely on power, some rely on instinct, but Haaland has both as he proved in Seville.

“I love this routine and it’s been a routine in every single press conference after games talking about him and his goals,” he said. “Hopefully he can continue this routine.” Perhaps it is evidence of a growing understanding. One second, Haaland is strolling at a walking pace, and even looks like he has time to remonstrate with Bernardo Silva about passing elsewhere. When the pass does not arrive, he checks himself to stay onside, simultaneously pulling away from Sevilla’s ball-watching defence. Then goalkeeper Bono parries Foden’s shot, leaving an unmarked Haaland to follow in the rebound. “He has this talent,” he said of Torres. His first against Sevilla proved that much, but then this goal was not dissimilar from the one scored at Villa Park at the weekend. Perhaps that is a product of Guardiola’s highly-structured positional play. Given Haaland arrived in Spain with 10 goals in his first six competitive games for City, it’s not hard to see why the newspaper’s editors thought it appropriate. A freak. A robot.

Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland netted two goals each in their teams' victories over Sevilla and Juventus, respectively, on Tuesday night.

Haaland can only play in the middle. He can play in the middle. "Mbappe can create and finish.

Haaland, 22, bagged a brace as Manchester City eased past Sevilla 4-0 in Spain, while Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe netted twice as his side beat Juventus ...

Messi did it in 23 years, 307 days Messi is second on 125. Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe both set new Champions League records on Tuesday night, with the duo's astonishing statistics suggesting a new era of superstar forwards is underway