For Norway, the former Molde forward, has 20 goals in 19 appearances at a rate of a hitting the back of the net every 79 minutes since the start of the 2020-21 campaign. Internationally, Haaland again has something of a bit more pedigree in his career so far. Interestingly enough, it was his performances in the competition last season, notably against Liverpool themselves, that alerted Europe's top clubs to his talents. Nunez, who has only played 10 games in the Champions League proper - all coming last season - has six goals in the competition at a rate of a goal every 102 minutes. The Norwegian has 13 goals in the Champions League in 11 games at an astonishing rate of a goal every 70 minutes since 2020-21. In Europe, once again Haaland's record on the face of it appears quite significantly superior to his Liverpool counterpart. His first season in Portugal, in 2020-21, saw him only score five times for the club in the league as it took the forward some time to adjust to life in a much faster-paced division than he was used to. Last season, he broke into the Benfica first team, making 28 appearances and scoring 26 times. Indeed, Nunez's overall stats are slightly skewed by the fact that 2021-22 was very much a breakthrough year for the forward. While it appears that Nunez has played more than Haaland in that time, a breakdown of the minutes actually reveal that the Norwegian has played almost 600 more during that period, clocking up 4,324 to Nunez's 3,778. Nunez's record pales slightly in comparison, with the Uruguayan scoring 32 goals in 57 league appearances across that same time frame.

Since the start of 2020-21, Haaland has scored 49 goals in 52 league appearances at a rate of a goal every 88 minutes. With both players having plied their trade outside of Europe's top six divisions for much of their careers so far, Opta was able to provide a breakdown in their stats over the past two seasons to better illustrate their feats ahead of their respective competitive debuts. Haaland, 22, meanwhile, boasts 155 goals across 200 games so far in his quite significantly longer career.

Nunez, 23, across his career so far has a total of 68 goals across 139 appearances. The raw numbers paint an impressive picture for both players. With the help of Opta, we have managed to breakdown their stats in a number of areas over the last two seasons (since 2020-21) to reveal just what City and Liverpool fans can expect. With City having wrapped up Haaland's signature for a relatively measly sum of £54m and Liverpool having splashed out £85m on the Uruguay international, Sportsmail decided to investigate how they compare ahead of this weekend's Community Shield. Meanwhile, Nunez's path to Europe from Uruguay has taken him to Benfica, via the Spanish second tier with Almeria, and eventually onto Liverpool.ĭespite Nunez's relative struggles in pre-season, the Uruguayan showed what he can do with his four-goal spree away at RB Leipzig earlier this month. Haaland's family made a big point of him not joining Manchester United having left RB Salzburg in January 2020, instead choosing Dortmund. Nunez's rise to the top has taken a slightly different path to Haaland, with the player only really coming into the consciousness of major European teams last season on the back of a number of impressive displays in the Champions League.Ī similarity between both, however, is that their development has been managed intelligently and their moves to European titans have not come straight away, allowing the players to grow and develop in less fish bowl-like environments. Manchester City beat the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona to the 22-year-old's signature, and having been considered one of Europe's most exciting young talents for a few years now, the champions will be expecting the forward to slot in seamlessly. The Norwegian, Haaland, joins from Borussia Dortmund after spending a little over two years in Germany, ensuring he maintained his development before joining one of Europe's true powerhouses. Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez are the Premier League's two most exciting new arrivals with the forwards joining undoubtedly the league's current foremost clubs in Manchester City and Liverpool

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