Golden Boot Race: Asked About His Rivalry With Kane, Haaland Immediately Brought Up Another Player's Name | OneFootball

Norwegian star praises Frenchman’s explosive start as Kane leads early European scoring charts

Asked About His Rivalry With Kane, Haaland Immediately Brought Up Another Player's Name

Erling Haaland's revealed that Kylian Mbappe is among his toughest competitors for this season’s European Golden Boot highlighting the Real Madrid striker’s brilliant form.

Haaland continues scoring streak

The Norwegian forward fired Manchester City to hard fought 1 - 0 victory over Brentford on Sunday netting the decisive goal that kept the champions on track in the Premier League title race.

Haaland has now scored 9 goal in his first seven league matches topping the Premier League scoring chart ahead of Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo (6 goals) as he aims to claim his 3rd Golden Boot in four seasons.

Haaland: "Don’t forget Mbappe"

Speaking to BBC Sport after the match, Haaland was asked about his rivalry with Harry Kane who currently shines at Bayern Munich. The 24 year old quickly shifted focus to another name.

Golden Boot standings

The European Golden Boot's awarded to the player with the most league goals across Europe’s top divisions each season.

At present, Harry Kane leads the race with 11 goal in 6 Bundesliga matches followed by Haaland & Mbappe who are tied at 9 goals each.

Champions League battle heats up

The trio are also locked in an early fight for Champions league top scorer honors. After 2 round, Mbappe leads with 5 goals ahead of Kane (4) & Haaland (3) .. setting the stage for another thrilling scoring duel among Europe’s elite forwards.