After Lionel Messi scored two goals to set the World Cup record and Kylian Mbapp kept pace in the career chase, Erling Haaland delivered another dazzling performance on a showcase day for the tournament's top stars.Haaland scored twice for Norway in the first 15 minutes of the second half of a 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday night, making up for clanking a shot off the post and getting denied on a header just before halftime. His performance came hours after Messi scored two for Argentina and Mbapp did the same for France.Teammate Kristian Thorstvedt called Haaland a big-game player who lives for these moments. Roughly a month away from his 26th birthday, Haaland is showing he can keep up with some of soccer's more experienced stars while playing on a team without the same pedigree or championship history.He is the best striker, coach Stle Solbakken said through an interpreter. He is not playing for France or Argentina. He scores for Norway.The three have combined to score 13 goals in the World Cup: five for Messi and four each for Mbapp and Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot, which Iraq coach Graham Arnold predicted will be a very good competition between them.Its easier to win the Golden Boot when you play for France and Argentina, Solbakken said. But well try to give Erling more games and more help in the next games.Messi became the World Cups career scoring leader with 18 goals when he and Argentina beat Austria in Arlington, Texas. Mbapp is now at 16, tied with former record holder Miroslav Klose, after he and France beat Iraq 3-0 in Philadelphia.Playing in his first World Cup, Haaland is at four. Norway last qualified in 1998 two years before he was born. Lets be happy, every single Norwegian on the planet, Haaland said. Im part of something special. Norways part of something special. Were making history.The 6-foot-5 Manchester City striker has now scored in 12 consecutive competitive matches for Norway. He has 24 goals over that stretch, and the last time Haaland did not score for Norway in a game that mattered was Oct. 13, 2024.Hes on fire, Solbakken said. Im very happy for him that he can score on the biggest stage.Haaland had the fewest touches of anyone on either team in the first half, getting guarded tightly by an opponent that knew just how important it was to contain him. Still, Solbakken pointed out that Haaland missed an open net and could have scored even four.Hes one of the best strikers in the world, Senegal's Ismail Jakobs said. We used part of the game making some things very difficult to start with (for him), as you could see.Then Haaland found his footing on a wet surface at the Meadowlands that had been deluged by rain. He scored his first goal on a 4-on-2 rush, putting behind him the frustration from earlier. After getting his second by banking a right-footed shot off the crossbar and in, Haaland held his left hand up to his left ear to encourage cheers of a large contingent of red-clad fans who chanted, Nor-ge! Nor-ge! and performed their signature Viking rowing celebration in the stands.Asked how he was doing it, Haaland struggled to come up with an explanation.I don't know, Haaland said. Its my specialty to score goals. Its like many other things: Im just really good at scoring goals, and Im quite lucky. I dont know what Im doing, but yeah. Thats just how it is.___AP Soccer Writer James Robson in Atlanta and AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed to this report.___AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/FIFA-World-Cup