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UEFA Champions League: Round of 16 – Haaland divides Leipzig into five pieces – Sport

UEFA Champions League: Round of 16 – Haaland divides Leipzig into five pieces – Sport

  • Manchester City won the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 against RB Leipzig 7-0 (first leg 1-1) and are in the quarter-finals.
  • City striker Erling Haaland put in a first class display, scoring 5 goals.
  • And in the last 16 on Tuesday evening, Inter Milan handed a 0-0 draw in Porto to advance.

After a good hour, Erling Haaland left the field at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium to thunderous applause from the spectators. The Norwegian was rightly celebrated. With 5 goals, he had previously almost single-handedly shot Leipzig. Already in the first half he managed to score an impeccable hat-trick. After the break, Haaland scored two more goals.

5 goals in a Champions League match – only two players have achieved this feat before: Lionel Messi (2012 with Barcelona v Leverkusen) and Luiz Adriano (2014 with Shakhtar Donetsk v BATE Borisov).

Leipzig has already served the break

After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, which Leipzig secured almost 3 weeks earlier with a solid second half, the “Bulls” had legitimate hopes of reaching the second quarter-final in the club’s history before making a guest appearance in Manchester. After a good 20 minutes, those hopes were severely set back within 78 seconds:

  • 22 minutes: After a corner by the “Citizens”, the VAR intervenes. The referee looks at the scene again and decides a penalty kick for the English. In the aerial duel with Rodri, Benjamin Henriques caught the ball on his arm. Haaland scores from the point to make it 1-0.
  • 24 minutes: After 78 seconds, the ball is already starting to wriggle into the net again. Leipzig keeper Blaswich is pressed by Haaland onto the tee, and the game device lands on Manuel Akanji, who returns the ball straight to the opposition half. And Kevin De Bruyne hit a long-range shot that hit the crossbar. Who is there and uses margin? That’s right, Haaland!

The Norwegian’s thirst for goals has not yet been satisfied. Before the break (45 + 2) he made his hat-trick perfect with a third goal. After a corner kick, he pushed the ball over the line after Ruben Dias had headed it against the post. City led 3-0 at half-time, and the exhibition was as good as Reading.

It’s not just Haaland who doesn’t have enough

But things got worse for Leipzig. Shortly after the start of the second half, Ilkay Gündogan increased the lead to 4-0 after a great attack through several stops by goalkeeper Ederson. And before replacing Haaland in the 63rd minute, the Norwegian scored his goals 4 and 5 that evening.

The best goal of the “Citizens” show, in which Manuel Akanji played in central defense, was De Bruyne’s account. The Belgian ended the match with a stunning long-range strike from outside the penalty area.

Leipzig is not the only club in the Bundesliga that has lost to this extent in Manchester. In 2019, Schalke 04 did not fare better in the round of 16. After losing 2: 3 in the first leg, “Knappen” also lost 0: 7 away from home. At that time, City had 6 players on the scorers list, and only Sergio Agüero scored 2 goals.