Boma Achenimie 
Norwegian and Manchester City Forwarder, Erling Haaland on Tuesday set a new record after scoring the third goal at last night’s victory against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champion League (UCL) quarter-final game.
Haaland is the first Premier League Player to score 45 goals across all competitions.
The Norwegian who is currently the top goal scorer in the English Premier League has been outstanding this session
Rodri and Bernardo Silva were also on target for the English champions, who took a giant stride towards finally conquering Europe for the first time.
The victory was sweet for City boss, Pep Guardiola as he came up against his former club for the first time since leaving Bayern for Manchester in 2016, but he warned that the job is not yet done.
“I’ve been three years there and I know in Europe this team is special. To knock out these types of teams you have to make two good games not just one,” said Guardiola.
“I know exactly what we have to do there, They are capable to score one, two, three goals. We have to do our game with huge personalities.”
Tuchel was appointed less than three weeks ago by the German champions with one eye on this tie and he believed his side deserved more.
“I try to not allow my players to focus on the result because it is not the deserved result, it does not tell the story of this match,” said Tuchel.
“I’ve seen so many good things that I refuse to just focus on the result. You may say ‘That’s not Bayern’ but I was very proud on the sideline, we were courageous and showed the right character.”
Bayern picked up Sommer in the January window as an emergency measure after Manuel Neuer’s season was ended by a skiing accident.
The Swiss international proved the value of that move with several vital saves to keep Bayern in the tie, starting with an outstretched leg to deny Ilkay Gundogan.
But Bayern was made to regret not making their bright start to the second period count.
Leroy Sane twice came close to haunting his former club with powerful efforts that were beaten away by Ederson before Matthijs de Ligt and Kingsley Coman had headers from close range blocked by desperate City defending.
Instead, City turned the screw in the final quarter to take a potentially decisive lead to Bavaria next week.
Haaland showed there is more to his game than goals with a perfectly weighted cross for Silva to head in City’s second 20 minutes from time.
Sommer then produced a fine stop low to his left to turn Julian Alvarez’s shot to safety.
But City was not to be denied their third and Haaland his goal as he stretched out a telescopic right leg to turn John Stones’ knockdown beyond Sommer.
Alvarez fired another effort inches wide and Sommer needed fingertips to turn over Rodri’s header as City went in search of a final flourish.
But Bayern will need one of the Champions League’s all-time great comebacks in eight days if City is to be denied a third consecutive semi-final.
