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'What a brute of a player': Fans stunned by powerhouse Champions League display from Dortmund's teenage sensation Erling Haaland

19-2-2020 < RT 27 269 words
 

Borussia Dortmund's wunderkind Erling Haaland underscored his growing reputation with two goals against Paris Saint-Germain in a performance hailed as sensational by supporters.


Haaland, 19, who joined the German side from Red Bull Salzburg in late December, has hit the ground running in his new home. And the Norwegian hitman continued his remarkable run of scoring form with a brace against the Parisian club that could consign former Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel and the oil-rich PSG to another season of UEFA Champions League misery.


But if things aren't exactly going swimmingly for Neymar, Mbappe and co. in the French capital, the same certainly can't be said of Erling Haaland.


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The Norwegian teenager continued his red-hot run in front of goal for Dortmund with his 10th and 11th goals for the club in just seven appearances as he left European football fans and analysts purring with his outstanding performance.


Haaland's first was a typically predatory striker's goal as he seized upon a loose ball in the penalty area. But if his first was a routine finish, his second was something special.


Taking advantage of the type of pace some would consider unusual for a man of his proportions, Haaland latched onto a through ball and unleashed a thunderbolt of a strike into the top left corner from 20 yards.





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