Ibrahim Oladamola
Man city and RB Leipzidg played 1-1 draw in Germany but Haaland took the game away from the opponents with a first-half hat-trick and added two more before the hour on an astonishing night. His tally for the season now stands at 39.
Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne scored the other goals but the evening belonged to the 22-year-old Norwegian. He is the first man in nine years to score five in a Champions League game and it might have been more had Pep Guardiola not withdrawn him.
Haaland outstanding records in Man City
Erling Haaland has broken Man City’s 94 year-old record for most goals scored in a season. His 39 goals beats the previous record of Tommy Johnson that has stood since 1929.
Haaland is the third player to score five goals in a single Champions League game after Luiz Adriano in October 2014 and Lionel Messi in March 2012.
He has scored 33 goals in 25 games in the Champions League, reaching the 30-goal milestone in fewer matches than any other player in the competition’s history.
Haaland also became the youngest player to reach 30 goals in Champions League history.
Haaland has scored five hat-tricks for Man City in all competitions this season, three more than any other player in Europe’s big five leagues.
He is the first Premier League player to score five hat-tricks in a season since Harry Kane in 2016-17.
Haaland has scored 10 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, the most by a Man City player in a single season in the competition.
