‘Happy and proud’: Haaland and Guardiola react to Norwegian striker’s five-goal heroics – video

Erling Haaland scored a record-equalling five goals as Manchester City dismantled RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium, winning the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final 7-0 to win the tie 8-1 on aggregate. The Norwegian became only the third player to achieve such a feat in the competition, following Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano. Guardiola referred to the striker as ‘a joy of a guy’ and praised his mentality saying, ‘It’s difficult to score goals when you don’t touch the ball for 40-50 minutes,’ but ‘he can do it’. Haaland told reporters after the match that he didn’t have to say much because ‘we won 7-0 and I scored five goals’ but insisted that the game proved that City are contenders to win the Champions League.