Erling Haaland scores five as Manchester City pounds Leipzig 7-0 in Champions League
On a night when records tumbled, Erling Haaland looked like the man to finally end Manchester City’s search for a first Champions League title.He is a goal machine and in the 7-0 rout of Leipzig on Tuesday, he set new standards in European club soccer’s elite competition as City advanced 8-1 on aggregate.
Haaland needed only 25 games to score 30 goals, surpassing the record held by former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who reached that benchmark in 34. “The problem is every time he doesn’t score two or three goals we will be criticized for the rest of his career,” Guardiola said.
Despite dominating the Premier League since being taken over by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family in 2008, the club has endured a succession of disappointments in the Champions League – reaching the final just once, losing to Chelsea in 2021. In Haaland, who scored his five goals in a 35-minute spell either side of halftime, he may have finally found an inspirational figure to emulate the Argentine maestro. Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne got the other two goals for City.
Inter managed a 0-0 draw at Porto on Tuesday to progress 1-0 on aggregate and join city rival AC Milan in the final eight. Napoli could become the third Italian team in the quarter-finals when it plays Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday.
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