The few who doubted the success of Erling Haaland's move to Manchester City have been proved wrong in emphatic fashion after the 22-year-old's sensational start to life under Pep Guardiola.
The Norwegian international signed for £51million in the summer - a figure that now looks like one of the best bargain deals in recent history, and has barely stopped scoring since he touched down on English soil after leaving former side Borussia Dortmund.
City actually have a meeting with Haaland's old team coming up in their Champions League group, a contest the young striker is no doubt relishing given the form he is. Another brace against Sevilla in City's first game of their European campaign this term marked 12 goal of the campaign in 7 games across all competitions - an absurd return.
It is the kind of return that has seen Haaland seal his place in the history books among some of the game's greats. The ex-Dortmund striker has shown he is a man for the biggest occasion with his tally on the European stage alone.
His double at Sevilla marked the 25th goal of his Champions League career, having achieved that feat in just 20 games. These numbers have never been seen before, not even by titans of the game like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
In fact, when analysing their respective returns after 20 games played in European club football's most elite competition, the numbers make for remarkable reading.
Manchester United icon Ronaldo hadn't actually scored a single goal at that stage of his Champions League career, though it must be said he more than made up for it by going on to be the competition's record goal-scorer thanks largely to his exploits at Spanish giants Real Madrid.
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As for Messi, the Barcelona icon and current Paris Saint-Germain playmaker had bagged just eight by the time he played 20 times in the competition. Current Camp Nou favourite Robert Lewandowski fared slightly better at that stage with an impressive return of 11.
The Poland international's tally is just one goal short of his new rival Karim Benzema. The Real Madrid sensation appears to be only getting better with age, but the number of goals he had in the Champions League by 20 appearances prove the Frenchman was always something special.
Benzema had 12, which up until Haaland's explosion onto the scene sat top of the pile for goals after 20 games. The City talisman has redefined what is 'normal' for elite forward's on the biggest stage of all and is showing no sign of slowing down.
