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Manchester City Advances to Quarterfinals of Champions League with Dominant Display by Haaland

Norwegian striker Erling Haalandwho this Tuesday scored five goals in Manchester City’s victory (7-0) over RB Leipzig in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, became the third player to score five goals in a duel of the Champions.

The first to achieve it was the Argentine Lionel Messi in Barcelona’s 7-1 against Bayer Leverkusen on March 7, 2012 in the second leg of the round of 16 and at minutes 25, 42, 49, 58 and 84.

Then he did it, on October 21, 2014, the Brazilian Luiz Adrianotwo of them from penalties, in Shakhtar Donetsk’s 7-0 win over BATE Borisov in the group stage.

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An impressive display of scoring nose for Erling Haalandauthor of five goals in one hour of play, served Manchester City to defeat Leipzig 7-0 on Tuesday and fly to the quarterfinals of the great European competition.

The 1-1 first leg in Germany opened the door to an exciting duel at the Etihad Stadium. But Haaland quickly took charge of killing any intrigue (22, 24, 45+2, 53 and 58). The party was completed by the local captain Ilkay Gundogan (49) and the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne (90+2).

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With his victory, City returns to the European ‘Top 8’ in its effort to achieve its first European Cup, while Leipzig was unceremoniously eliminated in a match that was complicated by a highly disputed arbitration decision.

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