Books – Ahmed Essam
Thursday, March 16, 2023 03:00 AM
The star continues Norwegian Erling Haaland The Manchester City striker has presented a more than impressive level and achieved many records with his team during the current season, since joining him in the last summer transfers from Borussia Dortmund.
Erling Haaland contributed to scoring and assisting 44 goals with Manchester City by participating in 36 matches in all competitions in the current season 2022-2023.
Erling Haaland also continued his brilliance by topping the top scorer table Champions League After he succeeded in scoring 5 goals at once in his team’s match, Manchester City, against Leipzig, in the match that was held at the Etihad Stadium, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League competition.
Haaland played 6 matches with City in the Champions League in its current version, scored 10 goals, and his team won 4 times and tied on two occasions, while it has not lost yet.
Haaland’s numbers with Manchester City in the Champions League are as follows:
6 matches
10 goals
4 win
2 balance
0 loss
Haaland commented on his brilliance and scoring 5 goals at once during the broad victory of the Citizens at the expense of his German counterpart Leipzig, 7-0, noting that the first-leg result ended in a 1-1 draw in Germany two weeks ago, saying: “7 goals on our land and among our fans, and 5 goals were scored, I’m very happy“. Haaland added, “I didn’t even think about how to score. The ball comes and I just put it in the net.”
Haaland added, in statements after being crowned the best player in the match: “I told Pep, why did you get me out ?! I wanted to score more, I wanted to score a double hat-trick, but what can I do?” And he continued, “I am really proud to participate in the Champions League, I really love this tournament.”
The goals of the match were scored by Erling Haaland 5 goals, Ilkay Gundogan, and Kevin De Bruyne in the 22nd, 24th, 45th, 49th, 54th, 57th, and 90th minutes, respectively.
With this result, Manchester City qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, after the two matches ended with a total of 7-1 back and forth.
According to the global “Opta” network that specializes in world football statistics and figures, Erling Haaland scored 34 goals in 25 matches in the Champions League. UEFA He reached this feat in fewer matches than any other player, while also being the youngest player to reach 30 goals in the history of the competition (22 years, 236 days)..
Erling Haaland became the third player to score five goals in one match in the Champions League after Luis Adriano in October 2014 (Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE Borisov) and Lionel Messi in March 2012 (Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen)..