Manchester City 7-0 RB Leipzig (8-1 on agg)
Erling Haaland scored five goals as Manchester City overpowered RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
The first leg of this round of 16 clash had ended 1-1 in Germany three weeks earlier but it took City just 45 minutes to storm into a 4-1 aggregate lead on home soil.
Haaland’s first goal of the night arrived in the 22nd minute after a VAR review had seen City awarded a penalty kick for handball.
His second strike came just 19 seconds after Leipzig had restarted the game when he headed home a rebound from a fierce Kevin De Bruyne shot that had rattled the crossbar.
Haaland’s hat-trick goal came from another rebound in stoppage time at the end of the first half. Rodri almost scored himself but, as his shot rolled along the goal-line, Haaland arrived on the scene to block an attempted clearance from Amadou Haidara into the net.
Erling Haaland pictured scoring one of his FIVE goals during Manchester City’s 7-0 win over RB Leipzig
Ilkay Gundogan scored City’s fourth goal of the night to make it 5-1 on aggregate four minutes into the second half.
Haaland then got his fourth and fifth of the match before Pep Guardiola substitution him off with half an hour left to play. Haaland’s final two goals both came from emphatic finishes inside a crowded a penalty area.
De Bruyne completed the scoring with the final kick of the game from City’s 15th shot on target.
Manchester City are through to the Champions League quarter-finals after a 7-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig.
The hosts sealed an 8-1 win on aggregate and Erling Haaland was the star of the show as he moved past 30 Champions League goals and grabbed FIVE.
Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne scored the others as Pep Guardiola’s team emphatically dismantled Leipzig.
Man City 7-0 Leipzig (8-1 on agg) – REACTION
- Pep Guardiola has won 13 of his 14 ties in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League as a manager, progressing at this stage in each of the last six attempts with Manchester City.
- Manchester City equalled their biggest ever win in the UEFA Champions League, alongside a 7-0 victory versus FC Schalke 04 in March 2019 (7-0).
- RB Leipzig have lost each of their last four away matches against English clubs in the UEFA Champions League conceding 20 goals in the process (5 per game
Man City 7-0 Leipzig (8-1 on agg) – REACTION
Jason Cundy on talkSPORT: “RB Leipzig were a disgrace.
“The first goal wasn’t a penalty, but after about 40 minutes, they wanted to get off the pitch.
“I thought they were a disgrace.”
