In the past, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland have looked to be on different wavelengths but the duo are now complementing each other

Manchester City's Erling Haaland came back to haunt Borussia Dortmund with a clinical finish against his former team, while Phil Foden bagged a brilliant brace as the hosts cruised to a 4-1 win in the Champions League on Wednesday to climb to fourth.

Manchester City's Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday will pit striker Erling Haaland against his old club. Haaland spent three seasons at the Bundesliga club, scoring an astonishing 86 goals in 89 games and helping the club to win the German Cup in 2021.

Suddenly, the six-year-centre-forward itch created by Robert Lewandowski’s switch to Bayern Munich in 2014 had been scratched. Haaland scored quicker than his Polish counterpart — 86 goals at a rate of one every 84 minutes compared to 103 strikes at a rate of one every 139 minutes — during his time, but his personality was just as potent.

Erling Haaland is now the first player to score in five consecutive Champions League games for three different clubs.

Erling Haaland continued his astonishing goalscoring streak as he fired past his former club in Manchester City’s 4–1 Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund.

A year later Haaland joined Man City, and the rest is history. Haaland may have shown his ‘human’ side back in 2021, but he’s certainly more of a machine these days (and not just because of his latest goal celebration).