Erling Haaland became the quickest player to reach 50 UEFA Champions League (UCL) goals in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over 10-man Napoli. Haaland reached his half century in Europe’s elite competition in just 49 appearances after scoring in the 56th minute before Jeremy Doku (65th min) ensured Guardiola’s men got their quest for European glory off to a winning start. The record was previously held by Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored 50 goals in 62 games.

“The numbers speak for themselves and how fortunate we are to have him [Haaland],” said Guardiola. The Norwegian moved to 12th in the all-time UCL scoring charts and prompted Guardiola to compare his goal-scoring feats to two of the modern greats — Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.