A year later Haaland joined Man City, and the rest is history. Haaland may have shown his ‘human’ side back in 2021, but he’s certainly more of a machine these days (and not just because of his latest goal celebration).

Barcelona has been dealing with injuries with Pedri, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, Joan Garcia, Gavi, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen all set to miss the Brugge clash. Lamine Yamal is dealing with pubalgia, but was announced as in the starting 11.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland looked the part as the Joker, but he probably won't take home any awards for his acting.

Alan Shearer currently stands as the fastest player to ever score 100 Premier League goals; the striker managed the feat in 124 appearances. Haaland, therefore, has his next 16 league appearances to break the long-standing record.

However, speaking to BBC Sport [5 November], Pat Nevin does not think Haaland will surpass the 60 goals scored by former Everton striker Dixie Dean in a season.

Victor Osimhen overtook Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappé in the race to become 2025/26 UEFA Champions League top scorer on Matchday 4, moving to six goals with a hat-trick against Ajax. Kane and Mbappé remained on five goals as they failed to score, while Haaland was on target against Borussia Dortmund.

Erling Haaland has hogged Manchester City's goalscoring workload this season, so much so that their next top scorer in the Premier League is Burnley's Maxime Esteve, who scored two own goals at Etihad Stadium last month.