UEFA Champions League: Erling Haaland Hits 5 to Help Manchester City Thrash RB Leipzig 7-0

Erling Haaland equalled a Champions League report with a five-goal haul to ease Manchester City into the quarter-finals at RB Leipzig’s expense with a 7-0 win on Tuesday.

Haaland additionally set a brand new membership report for objectives in a season of 39 within the course of as Pep Guardiola’s males reached the final eight for the sixth consecutive season with an 8-1 combination victory.

“My tremendous power is scoring objectives,” said Haaland. “A lot of it is being quick in the mind and trying to put it where the goalkeeper is not.”

Abu Dhabi-owned City are but to go all the way in which within the Champions League, however they’ve by no means had a striker of Haaland’s high quality to make the distinction within the latter phases earlier than.

At simply 22 he now has 33 objectives in 25 appearances in Europe’s premier membership competitors.

“Firstly, I’m proud to play on this competitors, I find it irresistible,” added Haaland. “Five goals! To win 7-0 is amazing.”

The snowy climate was extra akin to Haaland’s homeland, however City didn’t freeze below the stress and saved their Champions League desires alive.

The tie was delicately balanced after a 1-1 attract jap Germany three weeks in the past, however a Leipzig facet depleted by harm by no means regarded like a match for his or her star-studded opponents.

“That was an unbelievable efficiency,” said Leipzig coach Marco Rose.

“They didn’t allow us to control the game at all, at no stage of the game. The bottom line is disappointing for us but they really deserved it.”

Guardiola had saved Kevin De Bruyne in reserve for City’s 1-0 win at Crystal Palace within the Premier League on the weekend and on his return to the beginning line-up, the Belgian was again to his finest.

Ilkay Gundogan ought to have opened the scoring after simply three minutes from De Bruyne’s inviting cross.

There was some fortune surrounding City’s opener as VAR noticed a handball in opposition to Benjamin Henrichs that led to a penalty that neither the City gamers nor the group even seen.

Denied report likelihood

Haaland fired low to Janis Blaswich’s left to keep his excellent report from the spot for City together with his sixth penalty of the season.

Two minutes later it was 2-0 as Haaland teed up De Bruyne, who smashed a shot in opposition to the bar, after which confirmed his pace and power to energy dwelling a header from the rebound.

Haaland had three earlier than half-time as Ruben Dias rose highest to head Jack Grealish’s nook onto the publish and Amadou Haidara’s tried clearance ricocheted off City’s quantity 9 into the web.

Gundogan’s elegant end into the far nook 4 minutes into the second half rubbed extra salt into Leipzig’s wounds earlier than Haaland began rewriting the report books.

Firstly, he hammered dwelling on the second try after Blaswich parried his preliminary header to match Tommy Johnson’s report of 38 objectives for City within the 1928-29 season.

Haaland set a brand new mark with nonetheless three months of the marketing campaign to go when he snaffled up one other rebound after Blaswich saved from Manuel Akanji.

In the method, he moved stage with Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano’s report of scoring 5 objectives in a Champions League recreation.

But Guardiola denied his star striker the possibility of one other report as he changed him with Julian Alvarez with 25 minutes remaining.

“If he achieves all these milestones at 22 his life could be boring,” joked Guardiola on making the change.

Instead, it was left to De Bruyne to have the final say as he curled a superb strike into the top corner in stoppage time.

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