Erling Haaland hits five to match Champions League record
Erling Haaland matched the record for goals scored in a single Champions League game by hitting five as Manchester City put RB Leipzig to the sword on Tuesday.
The Norwegian had netted his fifth City hat-trick before half-time to put the English champions on course for the quarter-finals.
Hat-trick completed and… 31 goals in 25 Champions League games. Unreal Erling Haaland 🔵🧘🏼♂️ #UCL
Reminder: born July 21, 2000. pic.twitter.com/4mqN5pvUUR
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 14, 2023
ERLING HAALAND HITS 30 UCL GOALS AT 22 YEARS OLD 🤖 pic.twitter.com/zJlji93FhX
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Two more predatory finishes from close range early in the second half took his tally in his first season at City to 39, setting a new club record.
Erling Haaland has more UCL hat tricks than:
🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
🇧🇷 Ronaldo Nazario
🏴 Wayne RooneyHe's only 22 years old 🤯 pic.twitter.com/gHhvkPbzNo
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Only Lionel Messi, when playing for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012, and Luiz Adriano in Shakhtar Donetsk’s 7-0 thrashing of BATE Borisov in 2014 had previously scored five in a Champions League game.
However, Haaland was denied the chance of setting a new record as he was replaced 25 minutes from time by Julian Alvarez.