Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scored five goals in the Champions League quarter-finals as City beat RB Leipzig 7-0.
Manchester City’s star player Erling Haaland’s a dizzying five-goal night in the Champions League match against Leipzig has caused exaggerations in the Norwegian striker’s home country. Haaland, 22, is the youngest and fastest player to reach 30 goals in the Champions League (25 matches).
– Simply historical. Perhaps the best ever performance by a Norwegian footballer, and the Norwegians have won millions of matches, Norway’s TV2 football expert Erik Thorstvedt glowed (you switch to another service).
Thorstvedt’s colleague by Jesper Mathinsen according to him, no one could have achieved a similar performance.
– What Haaland does is so raw, so wild. It’s completely unreal. We were speechless when the fifth goal went into the net, Matinsen said.
Haaland has even been criticized from time to time after the World Cup break, when the goal pace has not been quite at the autumn readings. NRK’s football expert by Kristoffer Lökberg Haaland silenced the critics with his performance.
– He never ceases to surprise. A man who has even been criticized recently responded to criticism well in tonight’s match, Lökberg said (you will switch to another service).
RB Leipzig is not exactly the sharpest top in Europe, but according to Lökberg, five goals in the Champions League is always a demanding trick.
– We bear witness to Norwegian sports history. Say what you want about the opponent and Haaland’s own team, it’s not easy. It’s hard to put into words. This is almost laughable.
Manchester’s ex-players praise
Former Manchester United player and current football commentator Rio Ferdinand according to Haaland’s actions on the football fields are currently amazing.
– They are completely dominant with him. Haaland’s presence gives the feeling that as long as the others reach an avoidable level, the team will win. He brings superpower to a team already loaded with exceptional skill, and his game is above all hunger and desire, Ferdinand said (you will switch to another service).
Former City defender Nedum Onuohan Haaland is easy to like.
– There is something contagious and magical about him that attracts people. He plays the game the way we all would if we could.
City coach Pep Guardiola replaced Haaland in the 63rd minute. The Norwegian man’s reaction to the early benching said something about his attitude.
– I told Pep that I would have liked to do a double hat trick. But what are you doing Haaland said (you will switch to another service).