MANCHESTER (ENGLAND) (ITALPRESS) – Hurricane Haaland scores 5 goals in 57 ‘and takes Manchester City to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Demolished Leipzig which in the end loses 7-0: in addition to the very pokerissimo of the Norwegian attacker there is also the goal of Gundogan and the one with expired time by De Bruyne. Constant forcing of Guardiola’s men from the first minutes. De Bruyne fished Gundogan at the far post who hit the counterbut sent very high from an excellent position, then Blaswich somehow saved on the Haaland train which was arriving at full speed. City dominate but it takes an episode to unblock it and arrives shortly after 20′ when in the development of a corner kick Henrichs contends with Rodri for a high ball and touches with his arm too wide: the episode escapes the referee but not the Var who calls the match director, who reviews the monitor and then points to the penalty spot. From eleven meters Haaland crosses with his left foot in the bottom corner, the goalkeeper senses but doesn’t get there. Not even 2 minutes go by and the brace arrives immediately: De Bruyne hits the crossbar straight from the edge of the area, the header tap-in is always from the Norwegian 9. The one-two stuns Leipzig who with Werner miss the goal failing to take advantage of an outgoing mistake by Rodri. On the other side, Blaswich did everything possible by opposing Gundogan, but the 3-0 also arrived before the break: Grealish’s corner, Dias’ header, the ball hit the post and then danced across the goal line, Haidara he tries to free but the usual Haaland hits and with the favorable rebound he scores again.
In fact, the race ends here. In the second half Gundogan guesses the diagonal low shot of the 4-0 by only momentarily interrupting the monologue in Haaland’s scoresheet which will be enough for the next 8′ to score two more goals by solving as many scrums in the area born from dead balls. When in the 64th minute Guardiola recalls the Norwegian to the bench (inside Alvarez) the home crowd starts the ovation: Haaland has equaled the record of 5 goals in a single Champions League match belonging to Luiz Adriano and Messi and is also the youngest to surpass the 30 goal mark (for him 33 in just 25 games played) in the competition. After the swirl of changes, inevitably the ending is at a more gentle pace. However, Manchester didn’t stop and in the recovery even De Bruyne found personal joy with a beautiful right-footed shot from distance that went into the top corner. Germans overwhelmed, British in celebration.
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