Erling Haaland Dethrones Kylian Mbappe As Youngest Player To Score 30 Champions League Goals... Before Equaling Lionel Messi's Record Of Five Strikes In One Game

Erling Haaland set a new record as the youngest player to score 30 UEFA Champions League goals. He scored 3 goals in the 1st half of Man City's game vs Leipzig.

Erling Haaland scored a first-half hat-trick to put Manchester City in firm control against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League round of 16.

City's clash with the Bundesliga outfit looked finely poised going into Tuesday's second leg following a 1-1 draw in Germany three weeks earlier.

But it was one-way traffic at the Etihad Stadium where City won 7-0 after Haaland steamrolled Leipzig into submission.

Erling Haaland pictured celebrating one of his goals during Manchester City's 7-0 win over RB Leipzig in the second leg of their round of 16 clash :: IMAGO/Colorsport

Haaland converted a penalty 22 minutes into the second leg before scoring again just 19 seconds after Leipzig had kicked off.

His second goal was a headed rebound after Kevin De Bruyne had rattled the crossbar.

It was also the 30th goal of Haaland's Champions League career.

Haaland then completed his 17th career hat-trick in first-half stoppage time with a scruffy finish from ultra close range after a headed effort from Ruben Dias had almost crossed the line.

He scored twice more in the first 12 minutes of the second half to become only the third player in UCL history - after Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano - to record five goals in one game.

City manager Pep Guardiola then took pity on Leipzig and subbed Haaland off for the final half-hour.

5 - Erling Haaland is the third player to score five goals in a single UEFA Champions League game after Luiz Adriano in October 2014 (Shakhtar Donetsk vs BATE Borisov) and Lionel Messi in March 2012 (Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen). Playground. pic.twitter.com/0eWf7fsxgv

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 14, 2023

Haaland Makes UCL History

Haaland took just 25 games to score 30 Champions League goals, thus setting a new record for the fewest number of matches taken to reach the milestone.

The former Borussia Dortmund striker also became the youngest player in UCL history to score at least 30 goals, aged just 22 years and 236 days.

Kylian Mbappe had previously held the record after scoring his 30th Champions League goal at the age of 22 years and 352 days.

30 - Erling Haaland has scored 30 goals in 25 games in the UEFA Champions League, reaching this milestone in fewer matches than any other player, while he is also the youngest player to reach 30 goals in the competition’s history (22y 236d). Powerhouse. pic.twitter.com/13vKCvQdvY

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 14, 2023

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