Erling Haaland scores FIVE in 35 minutes in Leipzig beatdown as Man City star sets Champions League record books on FIRE
FIVE-STAR Erling Haaland smashed records galore to fire Manchester City into the Champions League last eight.
The Norwegian netted FIVE times in just 35 minutes to take his incredible season tally to 39 goals in 35 games.
That total broke City’s all-time record set by Tommy Johnson 94-YEARS ago, and it’s still only March.
Hotshot Haaland hit a first-half hat-trick, his FIFTH treble of the campaign, while Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne also struck as City thrashed RB Leipzig 7-0.
He now has an astonishing nine goals in the Champions League and became the fastest player to score 30 goals in the competition.
Haaland smashed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s existing record of 34 games by achieving the scoring feat in a ridiculous 25 matches.
By comparison, Wayne Rooney managed 30 goals in 85 games, while Champions League icons Samuel Eto’o and Kaka took 55 matches to reach that tally.
He is also the youngest player in Champions League history to hit the 30-goal milestone, beating Kylian Mbappe by 116 days.
But Haaland was not finished there, taking his tally to 33.
He said: “I was just shooting, not thinking. I’m a bit blurry so I don’t really remember the goals.
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“It’s a big night. Five goals to win 7-0 at home, I’m so happy.”
Haaland had just 30 touches but took eight shots and is clear where his super strength lies.
He added: “After scoring five goals I have to say scoring. A lot of it is just being quick in the mind.”
Haaland is just the third player in the competition’s history to score five goals in a single match after Lionel Messi in 2012 and Luiz Adriano in 2014.
While his five hat-tricks this season make him the first Prem player to do so since Harry Kane in 2016-17.
Incredibly, the Norwegian has now scored 1.9 per cent of all Manchester City‘s Prem and Champions League goals.
But Haaland was denied the chance to add to his tally as he subbed him with almost half an hour left.
Haaland admitted: “I told him when I went off I’d love to score a double hat-trick but what could I do? I had to come off.”
Guardiola explained: “If he would have achieved that at 22 years-old, he would be bored in his future!”
Fans on social media could not stop talking about Haaland.
One fan wrote: “Haaland is literally a glitch in the matrix. Unreal ”
Another added: “Haaland is insane. Stop him, he is violating football standards.”
A third said: “The Haalinator!!”