Erling Braut Haaland on Tuesday broke yet another Champions League record as he fired Borussia Dortmund a step closer to the knockout stages with two goals in a 3-0 win over Club Brugge.
Haaland’s 18th-minute opener against Brugge ensure that he get to 15 Champions League goals in fewer games than any other player in the competition’s history.
The 20-year-old Norwegian hit the landmark in just 12 appearances, smashing the previous record of 19 games held by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roberto Soldado.
To take his tally to 16, Halland added another goal in the second half as he and Dortmund destroyed Brugge to defend top spot in Group F and move within touching distance of qualification for the second round.
With just two games to go, Lucien Favre’s side are now five points clear of third place and a point ahead of second-placed Lazio, who beat Zenit Saint Petersburg 3-1 on Tuesday.
Dortmund were predictably outstanding in the first half, and it took Haaland just 70 seconds to send a shot fizzing past the Brugge post.
The Norwegian found the net on 18 minutes, placing a low shot past Simon Mignolet after Jadon Sancho set him up with an elegant through ball.
Sancho, who had been dropped to the bench for Dortmund’s league win at Hertha Berlin last weekend, was in excellent form upon his return to the starting 11.
The 20-year-old Englishman doubled Dortmund’s lead on the half-time mark curling a free-kick into the top corner after compatriot Jude Bellingham was fouled on the edge of the box.
Haaland put the game beyond reach on the hour mark, gratefully pouncing on an inadvertent assist from Brugge midfielder Ruud Vormer and sweeping the ball in from close range.
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