When Erling Haaland signed for Manchester City for € 60 million, it was considered a steal. However, even then, the most optimistic of people would not have anticipated what impact Haaland would have in the Premier League. The Norwegian has already scored 15 goals in nine matches, including three hat tricks. Haaland has also scored in seven consecutive games. However, this is nowhere near the longest goal scoring streak in football.
The game of football has already seen some brilliant players who have made goals scoring an art. These include Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Gerd Muller and Robert Lewandowski. And some of these players have etched their names among football’s longest goal scoring streaks. However, scoring goals match after match is easier said than done. Keeping that form for an extended period is challenging, even for the best. But it is what separates the best from the good.
So, let’s look at the longest goal scoring streaks in football.
Longest goal scoring streaks in football
Cristiano Ronaldo 11 matches, UEFA Champions League, Serie A, La Liga
The last 15 years of football have seen Cristiano Ronaldo break records left, right and centre. The Portuguese has won an impressive 29 trophies in his club career, along with five Ballon d’Or. And Ronaldo also makes it in our list of the longest goal scoring streaks in football. The incredible thing is that he has done it on three separate occasions. The first came in the UEFA Champions League. He has also achieved the same feat in La Liga. However, his third attempt was perhaps the best of them all as he did it at the age of 35 in Serie A in the process equalling the record held by Gabriel Batistuta.
Robert Lewandowski 12 matches, Bundesliga
Robert Lewandowski is one of the best strikers in the world, without any doubt. However, it was at Borussia Dortmund where he was forged into the goal scoring machine. Under Jurgen Klopp and his famed Gegenpressing style, Lewandowski won four trophies scoring 103 goals and providing 42 assists in 187 matches. And in the 2012-13 Bundesliga season, Lewandowski would score in 12 consecutive games, one of the longest goal scoring streaks in football. Robert Lewandowski signed for Barcelona in the summer transfer window, and the Catalan fans must be hoping for much of the same.
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