After Manchester City’s draw at Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final second leg (1-1), Norwegian Citizens striker Erling Haaland further increased his lead at the top of the competition’s goalscoring charts by scoring his 12th goal of the season. The striker has also taken his tally to 35 since his Champions League debut.
They are 6 players to have scored at least 12 goals in a single Champions League campaign in the 21st century, Erling Haaland is now one of them!
Ronaldo’s record is at 17, it’s going to be complicated but it’s already so strong at his age pic.twitter.com/wswvM0L66Q
— DATA’Foot (@Amour_Du_Foot) April 19, 2023
In the 21st century, only six players have managed to score at least 12 goals in a single Champions League campaign. The record is currently held by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with a total of 17 achievements in a single edition.
Olivier Giroud in the top of the basket
On Tuesday, the French Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), the Nigerian Victor Osimhen (Naples) and the Brazilian of Real Madrid Rodrygo had reached the 5 goals during this season during the qualification in semi-final of Milan in Naples (1- 0, 1-1). All still in contention in the competition, they could return to Kylian Mbappé, author of seven goals in the Champions League this season but eliminated from the competition since the second leg against Bayern Munich.
Ranking of the top scorers of the season in the Champions League
12 goals: Haaland (Manchester City)
8 goals: Salah (Liverpool)
7 goals: Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
6 goals: Joao Mario (Benfica), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
5 goals: Lewandowski (FC Barcelona), Rafa Silva (Benfica), Taremi (Porto), Giroud (AC Milan), Osimhen (Naples), Rodrygo (Real Madrid)
4 goals: Bellingham (Dortmund), Benzema (Real Madrid), Choupo Moting (Bayern Munich), Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Messi (Paris SG), Nunez (Liverpool), Raspadori (Naples), Sané (Bayern Munich), Simeone (Naples), Zielinski (Naples)