Erling Haaland ended this terrible streak with Manchester City in European competitions

Manchester City’s striker Erling Haaland was one of the best players on the pitch for the Citizen in their 1-3 win against the Swiss’ club Young Boys in the Wankdorf Stadium on the third day of the 2023/2024 Champions League’s group stage, and surprised the media and the fans ending a terrible streak in European competitions with the Sky Blues.

The Norwegian 23-year-old player was pivotal in the win of his team, as he scored a double in the second half to unbalance the scoring and give the final victory to Pep Guardiola’s team, who struggled in certain periods of the game face the defensive system set by the rival coach on the artificial grass of the Wankdorf Stadium.

Haaland, who scored his two first goals in Europe this season, ended with a horrible goal drought in European competitions, that has run for several months in his career with Manchester City and was creating some controversy about his role of world class center forward at the Sky Blues.

The 23-year-old player showed his elite level again

In this sense, according to the sporting data company Opta Sports, Erling Haaland ended a run of five games and 543 minutes without a goal in the UEFA Champions League, netting for the first time since April (v Bayern), and with the double scored against Young Boys has been now directly involved in 115 goals across his last 100 appearances in all competitions at club level (96 goals, 19 assists), numbers that prove his importance in Manchester City’s success and elite level shown in all competitions.