Six minutes from the time, it appeared as though this first reunion between Borussia Dortmund and Erling Haaland might answer the question the whole of European football is currently asking. Maybe he can be stopped. Maybe he is human after all. Maybe all it takes to prevent him from scoring is a deep, intimate knowledge of his strengths and weaknesses developed over the course of two years seeing him train and play every day. Turns out, that’s not enough.
Eventually, this extraordinary run of scoring will stop. At some point, his goal record will come ever so slightly back down to earth. For now though, it is enough to say that Haaland’s 13th goal in eight games completed yet another Manchester City comeback to strengthen their position in Group G and bring passage to the Champions League knockout stages one step closer.
