The incredible record that Erling Haaland took from Kylian Mbappé

Yesterday afternoon Manchester City achieved an epic victory by achieving a tremendous comeback to beat Red Bull Leipzig 3-2, after being 0-2 on the scoreboard, for the UEFA Champions League. In this context, Erling Haaland took an incredible record from Kylian Mbappe.

One of the best and biggest comebacks in the UEFA Champions League occurred yesterday, when Manchester City turned the game against Red Bull Leipzig. The German team started with a surprise and went 2-0 33 minutes into the first half with a double from Lois Openda, but then the Citizen team turned the game around with goals from Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez to seal the victory. 3-2 final.

In this context, Haaland's goal was not just another one, because he beat Kylian Mbappe to an incredible record, he is the youngest player to reach 40 goals in the UEFA Champions League. The Frenchman, who held the record, achieved it at 23 years and 317 days, while the Norwegian did it at 23 years and 130 days.

However, that was not Haaland's only record, as he also became the player who needed the fewest games to reach 40 goals with 35, surpassing Ruud Van Nistelreoy, who had needed 45 games to reach the goal to 40 goals.

What's next for Manchester City?

Manchester City's 3-2 victory over Leipzig meant that the defending champions advance first in their group to the round of 16, so they are on track to defend their title.