Erling Haaland leads Mohamed Salah at the top of this season’s UEFA Champions League scoring charts after registering his 11th goal of the campaign in Manchester City’s quarter-final first-leg victory at home to Bayern.
The Norwegian forward struck five times in the group stage and, after drawing a blank against Leipzig in the round of 16 first leg, doubled his season’s tally by becoming only the third player to score five in a Champions League match in the second leg to propel Manchester City into the last eight.
The 22-year-old is now three goals clear of Salah, whose Liverpool side was knocked out in the last 16, with the eliminated Kylian Mbappé a goal further back on seven and VinÃcius Júnior and João Mário the closest remaining challengers to Haaland on six apiece.
2022/23 Champions League top scorers
11 Erling Haaland (Man City)
8 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
7 Kylian Mbappé (Paris)
6 VinÃcius Júnior (Real Madrid)
6 João Mário (Benfica)
5 Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
5 Mehdi Taremi (Porto)
5 Rafa Silva (Benfica)
4 Jude Bellingham (Dortmund)
4 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern)
4 Olivier Giroud (Milan)
4 Mohammed Kudus (Ajax)
4 Lionel Messi (Paris)
4 Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
4 Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
4 Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli)
4 Leroy Sané (Bayern)
4 Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
4 Piotr Zieliński (Napoli)
Mbappé can no longer add to his haul after Paris was eliminated by Bayern, but VinÃcius Júnior and João Mário are in the last eight with Real Madrid and Benfica respectively.
