Norwegian star Erling Haaland, striker for Manchester City, became the top scorer after finishing the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League in the season (2022-2023) tonight, Wednesday.
Haaland scored five goals for City against their German guests Leipzig (7-0) in the second leg, which brought them together on Tuesday evening, 14 March 2023, at the Al Ittihad Stadium in Manchester.
The Norwegian star topped the Champions League’s current Champions League top scorer list with 10 goals, overtaking and following the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, winger for English side Liverpool, by two goals. Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe of France, who said goodbye to the championship.
Below is the ranking of the top scorers in the Champions League after the round of 16:
1- Norwegian Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 10 goals
2- Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 8 goals
3- French Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 7 goals
4- Brazilian Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 6 goals
Portuguese Joao Mario (Benfica) – 6 goals
6- Pole Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – 5 goals
Iranian Mahdi Tarmi (Porto) – 5 goals
Portuguese Rafa Silva (Benfica) – 5 goals
9- Argentinean Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) – 4 goals
German Leroy Sane (Bayern) – 4 goals
– England’s Jody Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) – 4 goals
Nigerian Victor Osimhen (Napoli) – 4 goals
Italian Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) – 4 goals
– Argentina’s Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) – 4 goals
Ghana Mohamed Kuddus (Ajax) – 4 goals
Pole Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) – 4 goals
French Olivier Giroud (Milan) – 4 goals
Uruguayan Darwin Nunez (Liverpool) – 4 goals
Cameroonian Erik Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern) – 4 goals.
Source: RT
