New Delhi, July 6 -- Norway's Erling Haaland has rewritten FIFA World Cup history with his remarkable goalscoring run. His brace against Brazil took his tally to 7 goals in 4 appearances in his FIFA World Cup debut.

He is the first player to achieve this since Germany's Gerd Muller in 1970. Muller scored 8 goals across his first 4 World Cup matches.

Haaland is also the 4th player to score 4 match-winning goals in a single World Cup edition. Grzegorz Lato achieved 5 in 1974 and Salvatore Schillaci 5 in 1990. Muller also scored 4 match-winning goals in 1970.

His World Cup journey started against Iraq. In the 29th minute, he muscled through the penalty area to convert an Antonio Nusa cross in trademark fashion. He doubled his tally shortl...