Erling Haaland: Five-Goal HAALAND wanted to break Lionel Messi RECORD with "double hat-trick" before Man City BOSS Pep Guardiola subbed him off

Erling Haaland: Manchester City and Erling Haaland have run riot in the UEFA Champions League. Haaland has been a revelation at the Etihad Stadium since his arrival and he proved his worth once again in their Round of 16 clash against RB Leipzig. City won the second leg 7-0 and ended up winning the tie 8-1 on aggregate. Haaland ended up scoring FIVE goals. No no, do not rub your eyes, you read it right. Haaland scored FIVE goals on Tuesday night. Follow UEFA Champions League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

Erling Haaland: Five-Goal HAALAND wanted to break Lionel Messi RECORD with “double hat-trick” before Man City BOSS Pep Guardiola subbed him off vs RB Leipzig

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There seemed to be no stopping the Norwegian forward at the Etihad. He was quick, dribbling around, beating defenders, and seemed to have an extra second in reaction time. He notched up his hat-trick just at the brink of halftime and had already scored his fifth goal by the 57th minute. Haaland also became just the third player in Champions League history to score five goals in a match.

Players who have scored five times in a single game in UEFA Champions League –

Lionel Messi vs Bayer Leverkusen in a 7-1 win in 2012
Luiz Adriano vs BATE Borisov in a 7-0 win in 2014
Erling Haaland vs RB Leipzig in a 7-0 win in 2023

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Looking at the way City were playing, it seemed as though they would easily score a couple more and Haaland would definitely have his double hat-trick. Sadly for him though, Guardiola decided that he had his share of fun and took him off around the 60th minute.

Speaking about the same in the post-game interview, Haaland spoke about how he wanted his double hat-trick. Haaland said, ‘Yeah. I told him (Guardiola) when I went off that I would love to score my double hat-trick. But, well what can you do?’

“I would love to score a double hat-trick!”

Man City’s Erling Haaland reacts to his historic night 🔥#UCL pic.twitter.com/Sm2mV6Pg8K

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) March 14, 2023

Records broken by Erling Haaland vs RB Leipzig –

Manchester City’s all-time top scorer in a single season (30 goals)
Just the 3rd player to score 5 goals in a single UCL game
Quickest player to reach 30 UCL goals
Youngest player to score 30 UCL goals in the history of the competition

See you Saturday, @ErlingHaaland 🫡 pic.twitter.com/w6zX6kSUtX

— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 14, 2023

With this mighty display, Manchester City has booked their spot in the Quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. Erling Haaland, with his 5 goals, has also gone past Mohammed Salah as the top scorer in this year’s competition. Haaland sits on top with 10 goals, whereas Salah is second with 8 goals.