Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons.
They all found the net in their teams’ league victories this weekend to extend impressive scoring runs. Each has scored at least once in all but one of the games in which they played for club and country this season.
Haaland arrives for Man City’s league-phase match at Villarreal on Tuesday having scored 23 goals in 13 matches, including 10 goals in his last five matches with City and Norway. He scored both goals in City’s 2-0 win against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.
The fastest player to 50 goals in the Champions League, the 25-year-old Haaland also scored twice when City drew 2-2 at Monaco in the Champions League earlier this month. City had opened with a 1-0 win against Napoli.
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