Manchester City defeated RB Leipzig 7-0 on Tuesday to advance into the quarterfinals of the competition. In addition, Haaland set a new club record with 39 goals as Pep Guardiola’s team defeated the opposition 8-1 on the road to reach the last eight for the sixth consecutive season.
Haaland stated, “Scoring goals is my super strength.” A lot of it comes from trying to put it where the goalkeeper isn’t and thinking quickly. Abu Dhabi-claimed City are yet to go as far as possible in the Bosses Association, however, they have never had a striker of Haaland’s quality to have the effect in the last option stages previously.
He has scored 33 goals in 25 appearances in Europe’s premier club competition, and he is only 22 years old. Haaland continued, “First of all, I’m proud to play in this competition, I love it.” Five targets! It is amazing to win 7-0.”
The city held on to its Champions League hopes despite the snowy conditions, which were more reminiscent of Haaland’s native land.
After a 1-1 draw in eastern Germany three weeks ago, the tie was in a delicate balance, but an injury-depleted Leipzig team never looked up to their star-studded opponents.
Marco Rose, the head coach of Leipzig, said, “That was an incredible performance.”
They prevented us from having any control over the game at any point. We are disappointed by the conclusion, but they truly deserved it.”
Kevin De Bruyne was at his best upon his return to the starting lineup after Guardiola kept him in reserve for City’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Crystal Palace.
After just three minutes, Ilkay Gundogan should have scored on De Bruyne’s inviting cross.
VAR picked up a handball against Benjamin Henrichs in City’s opening match, which resulted in a penalty that neither the City players nor the crowd even noticed.
Haaland terminated low to Janis Blaswich’s left to keep up with his ideal record from the spot for City with his 6th punishment of the time.
Haaland set up De Bruyne, who smashed a shot against the bar and then showed his speed and strength to head in a rebound to make it 2-0 two minutes later.Before halftime, Amadou Haidara’s attempted clearance bounced off City’s number nine and into the net, giving Haaland three chances
Before Haaland began rewriting the record books, Gundogan’s elegant finish into the far corner four minutes into the second half added insult to injury for Leipzig.
To begin, he equaled Tommy Johnson’s City record of 38 goals in the 1928-1929 season by scoring at his second attempt after Blaswich had deflected his initial header.
Haaland set another imprint with still three months of the mission to go when he snaffled up one more bounce back after Blaswich saved from Manuel Akanji.
He tied Lionel Messi’s and Luiz Adriano’s records of five goals in a Champions League game in the process. However, Guardiola substituted Julian Alvarez for his star striker with 25 minutes remaining to prevent him from setting yet another record.
When making the change, Guardiola joked, “If he achieves all these milestones at 22 his life would be boring.”
De Bruyne, on the other hand, had the final say when he struck a superb shot into the top corner of the goal in extra time.