Erling Haaland's sensational end completes Manchester Metropolis's 2-1 comeback in opposition to former workforce Borussia Dortmund

In scoring his fourth objective within the Champions League, Bellingham moved forward of a bunch of gamers to develop into the highest-scoring English teenager ever within the competitors.

Dortmund retreated deeper and deeper in an effort to protect their lead, and it regarded like they'd maintain out for an necessary win in Group G.

An unlikely hero stepped up for the house aspect in John Stones, who scored a spectacular objective from exterior the field, with a end paying homage to former Metropolis captain Vincent Kompany's well-known strike in opposition to Leicester in 2019.

Simply 4 minutes later although, Stones would inevitably be outdone by Haaland who as soon as once more stole the present.

Following intense strain on the Dortmund protection, João Cancelo performed a now trademark exterior of the boot cross into the field.

The ball was seemingly too excessive and much away for anybody to get a head to, however Haaland, as is now routine, wowed the followers in attendance by acrobatically ending with the surface of his left boot previous a helpless Alexander Meyer.

Pep Guardiola was fast to reward the end. "The second he scored it, I believed, 'Johan Cruyff,'" Guardiola raved, earlier than making a comparability to a different icon.

"I keep in mind my expensive buddy [Zlatan] Ibrahimović had this potential to place the leg on the roof and Erling is kind of related on that.

"I believe it's his nature. He's elastic, he's versatile and has the flexibility to make the contact and put the ball within the web."

Haaland has now scored 13 targets in his first 9 video games for the Residents and appears set to be a transcendent drive for Metropolis within the coming months and years.

It was one other instance of the ruthless nature of a 22-year-old who was nameless for a lot of the match, however regarded set to attain each time he got here close to the ball, a now constant theme.

It is an concept that Haaland is embracing, as after the match, he advised BeIn Sports activities, "To the touch the ball 5 instances and rating 5 instances, that is my largest dream."

Haaland threatened to attain early on when Riyad Mahrez's cross was taken off the Norwegian's head by Niklas Süle.

Within the second half, together with his first respectable probability, he struck the surface of the submit from a decent angle earlier than once more practically scoring a tap-in just for Dortmund defender Mats Hummels to make a last-ditch interception on the cross.

However the Norwegian wouldn't be denied, scoring his twenty sixth Champions League objective in 21 appearances, and persevering with his unmatched rise to superstardom. Nobody has even come near Haaland's file within the competitors, together with the event's all-time prime scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, who didn't rating his first objective within the competitors till his twenty sixth look.

There may be an comprehensible reticence to place Haaland in the identical class as Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, but when the striker continues scoring on the identical fee, he'll far outstrip the 2 best gamers the Champions League has ever seen.