By: Luis Imana
A massacre causes the Manchester City in the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League after a 7-0 win against RB Leipzig and a place in the quarter-finals.
What appeared in preview to be an even duel for the draw achieved in the first leg ended in a monologue from Pep Guardiola’s leaders against a German side that could only wait for the game to end.
Bright. Guardiola came up with a perfect scheme against Leipzig. Photo: spread
The ‘Citizen Party’ started at 22′ with no less than erling haland, who took advantage of a Benjamin Henrichs handball penalty to score the first of his 5 goals, to a standing ovation from the spectators at the Etihad Stadium.
The ‘Red Bulls’ didn’t have time to process City’s goal as the Norwegian attacked again to extend the lead. At 24′, Kevin De Bruyne sent a shot that smashed off the bar and Erling seemed to connect the rebound with his head, temporarily putting the lead 2-0.
Seconds before the end of the first half, the light blue “9” shot towards goal to push the ball that crossed the goal line and go into the dressing room 3-0 for Manchester City.
When it was thought that they would lower the intensity in the supplement, the “citizens” eventually destroyed them Leipzig, who lacked reaction to the Celestials’ onslaught.
İlkay Gündogan also had his share of prominence as he scored the fourth goal with an exquisite low shot at the far post in the 49th minute in what was City’s first goal of this Champions League.
Far from running out of gas, Haaland gave up two extra hits on the scoreboard at 53′ and 57′; in the first he caught another rebound with his left foot and in the second he launched a precise shot from the heart of the box.
The ‘Nordic’ at 63′ has been replaced by Julian Alvarez, but not without a round of applause from across the stadium after proclaiming himself character of the game with a goal hand.
Finally, Kevin de Bruyne was responsible for putting the icing on the cake at 92 minutes with one of his usual bombing runs from outside the box… unassailable for goalkeeper Janis Blaswich.
In this way, Manchester City entered the top eight clubs Europe and in a categorical way; In addition, Erling Haaland broke more than one record.
The Norwegian attacker matched Lionel Messi’s mark by scoring 5 goals in a single Champions League game. The “Floh” managed this feat in 2012 with Barcelona.
Likewise, Erling surpassed the record of Kylian Mbappe as the youngest player to score 30 goals or more in European competition. The 22-year-old striker has 33 goals in the Champions League (10 with City, 15 with Borussia Dortmund and 8 with Salzburg).
On the other hand, Inter Milan also secured qualification for the quarter-finals after a 0-0 draw against Porto in the second leg, played at the Estadio do Dragao. The victory achieved by the slightest difference in the first leg allowed the “Nerozurris” to take global leadership and return to this authority after 12 long years.
Did you know…
dominate. Manchester City have emerged victorious from all of this UEFA’s home games Champions League.
Fast. Erling Haaland is the player who needed the fewest games to score his first 33 UEFA Champions League goals.