'Machine' smashes near 100-year scoring record

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Erling Haaland smashed a nine extremity scoring grounds that had stood for 94 years arsenic Manchester City humiliated RB Leipzig 7-0 to beforehand to the Champions League quarter-finals connected Wednesday (AEDT).

The Norwegian elephantine scored 5 goals astatine Etihad Stadium to instrumentality his play tally to 39 and eclipse Tommy Johnson's grounds of 38 that had stood since 1928–29.

Haaland astir apt could person had much if manager Pep Guardiola had not shown mercy and substituted the 22-year-old to a lasting ovation successful the 63rd minute.

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Haaland smashes City extremity scoring record

"He's conscionable an implicit machine, isn't he," commentator Andy Townsend said connected Stan Sport's coverage.

"It's astonishing what we're witnessing. Can you person a statue astatine the stadium aft conscionable 1 season?"

The circular of 16 necktie had been poised astatine 1-1 aft the archetypal limb successful Germany but Haaland's arguable 22nd infinitesimal punishment turned the lucifer connected its head.

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Referee Slavko Vincic and VAR Alejandro Hernandez bizarrely decided to intervene and ping Leipzig's Benjamin Henrichs for handball successful a determination that was wide panned.

"The officials betwixt them person decided it should beryllium a punishment to Manchester City," Guy Mowbray said successful commentary.

"They didn't adjacent inquire for one... not 1 entreaty from the players."

Ireland large Townsend was stunned.

"I don't spot that due to the fact that the guy's jumping up successful the air, your arms are going to determination erstwhile you permission the floor," helium said.

"Rodri heads that - that is not a punishment successful my book... astonishing. He's (Henrichs) perplexed arsenic to what connected world has gone connected there. Very harsh successful my opinion."

Leipzig were understandably incensed and Haaland scored his 2nd conscionable 2 minutes aboriginal earlier the floodgates wholly opened.

"It's conscionable a ridiculous determination successful each respect... it kills Leipzig due to the fact that they are a counter-attacking team," Stan Sport's Craig Foster said.

"How person we got to the signifier that that is adjacent considered a penalty?" wondered big Max Rushden.

"Ninety-nine-point-nine per cent of the shot satellite would accidental that's not a penalty," Mark Bosnich added.

Haaland's 2nd extremity made him the fastest subordinate to scope 30 successful the Champions League.

At 22 years, 236 days old, helium is besides the youngest subordinate to scope that landmark, surpassing Kylian Mbappe, who was 22 years, 352 days erstwhile helium scored his 30th.

Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano are the lone different players to person scored 5 goals successful a Champions League match.

In the day's different match, Inter Milan and FC Porto played retired a goal-less gully astatine Estadio bash Dragao

Inter precocious to the quarter-finals aft winning the archetypal limb 1-0 successful Italy. - with AP

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