The scary new trick from football's super freak

By Sam Worthington with AP

Erling Haaland continued his Champions League goal glut as Manchester City became the first team to advance to the knockout stages with a 3-0 cruise over Young Boys on Wednesday (AEDT).

Haaland, who finished second behind Lionel Messi in last week's Ballon d'Or awards, scored two goals as the defending champions extended their perfect record after four games in Group G.

The 23-year-old's first goal was a routine penalty in the 23rd minute - before unleashing a Didier Drogba tribute celebration - but his second will sound alarm bells around the football world.

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The towering Norwegian fired an unstoppable shot into the top corner from the edge of the area in the 51st minute before being substituted at Etihad Stadium.

"Now it is time to pay attention because Erling Haaland has decided to have a shot from range," European football expert Lars Sivertsen - who has penned a book on Haaland - said on Stan Sport.

"Which he doesn't do very often, but maybe he should. I mean, in the Premier League this season, in the first 11 games, he's had two shots from outside the box and one of them's gone in.

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"I'm starting to think he should just do this more often. He has a fantastic shot."

Haaland has now scored a remarkable 39 goals in 34 Champions League appearances.

The win extended City's unbeaten home run in Europe's elite club tournament to 28 games.

Young Boys were reduced to 10 men when Sandro Lauper was sent off in the second half.

Meanwhile, AC Milan scored for the first time in this season's Champions League to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in a hugely entertaining match and leave Group F wide open.

Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud scored early in each half to help Milan recover from conceding a ninth minute opener to former Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar and give their team its first group win.

There were chances galore in an end to end match played at a breathless pace at San Siro.

Milan, which lost 3-0 at PSG two weeks ago, started the day bottom of its group.

Borussia Dortmund beat Newcastle 2-0 in the other match and now leads the group with seven points.