Erling Haaland breaking records has become a regular occurrence for the Manchester City striker, yet few would have predicted the forward to bag five goals in one match against RB Leipzig.
The 22-year-old superstar was at the top of his game on Tuesday night as Haaland scored a UEFA Champions League-record five goals in a single match, a feat only Lionel Messi and Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano have achieved in the current iteration of the competition.
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BT Sport commentators noted the achievement as ‘remarkable’, and framing Haaland’s performance against Leipzig as that would be something of an understatement given how rare a five-goal display is in football, let alone on the biggest stage of all in the Champions League.
Haaland breaks numerous records as striker bags five goals vs. Leipzig
Haaland might have equalled Messi’s five-goal record, but the Premier League star did more than just match the Argentinan great in Europe, with the forward also breaking Tommy Johnson’s City record of 38 goals in a single season as the Norwegian took his tally to 39 in all competitions.
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As well as setting an incredible record for City’s history books with two months of the season left to play, Haaland also became the quickest player in the Champions League history to reach 30 goals, knocking Kylian Mbappe off his perch in this particular ranking.
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Haaland was always tipped to break records at City. And after a fast-start to life with the reigning Premier League champions, the striker has now taken his goalscoring antics to Europe in a big way, much to Leipzig’s dismay.
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