Fans celebrate Haaland after equaling Adriano & Messi’s Champions League record
Erling Haaland made headlines after netting five goals in Manchester City’s 7-0 bashing of RB Leipzig in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 on Tuesday night which ensured their easy passage into the quarter-finals.
The towering Norwegian scored a first half hat-trick before adding a brace after the break to take his tally for the season to 39 goals.
Haaland’s five goals matches Lionel Messi’s tally in a 7-1 Barcelona win against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012 and Luiz Adriano in a 7-0 Shakhtar Donetsk win over BATE Borisov in 2014.
Haaland was substituted after 63 minutes and fans questioned Guardiola’s decision to do that, with some believing the Catalan tactician did not want Messi’s record to be surpassed as he could have scored more if he remained for 90 minutes.
Regardless, Haaland still broke a number of records on Tuesday night such as surpassing Kylian Mbappe to become the youngest player to score 30 Champions League goals and the fastest player to reach 30 Champions League goals with 25 matches.
The Norwegian star is also the fastest player to score five Champions League goals (57 minutes) compared to Luiz Adriano (82 minutes) and Messi (84 minutes).
Gimme five! ✋😅🔵 #mancity #UCL pic.twitter.com/REPP5m8lkp
— Erling Haaland (@ErlingHaaland) March 14, 2023
Erling Haaland is the youngest player to score 30 UCL goals, breaking Kylian Mbappé's record 🤯
This rivalry is only getting better 📈 pic.twitter.com/a4lt4teVmn
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 14, 2023
Pic of the night 🏆✨ #Haaland pic.twitter.com/VNK2YH1b5s
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 14, 2023
ERLING HAALAND GETS HIS FIFTH HAT TRICK OF THE SEASON 🤯 pic.twitter.com/9SsFOyAYBM
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 14, 2023
Erling Haaland has more UCL hat tricks than:
🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
🇧🇷 Ronaldo Nazario
🏴 Wayne RooneyHe's only 22 years old 🤯 pic.twitter.com/gHhvkPbzNo
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 14, 2023
The fastest player ever to reach 30 goals in the Champions League with 25 games.
Erling Haaland 💨 pic.twitter.com/cOrKZKUh9n
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 14, 2023
Lesson number one: never report stats while Erling Haaland is playing football.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 14, 2023
Erling Haaland's game by numbers vs RB Leipzig:
30 touches
11 passes complete
8 shots
8 shots on target
5 duels won
5 (FIVE) goals
2.76 xG
1 chance createdBonkers. pic.twitter.com/Dry2pH2abV
— Squawka (@Squawka) March 14, 2023
🗣️ Erling Haaland to Thierry Henry: "I think you’re the only one that knows how to score a lot of goals…" pic.twitter.com/ZFXUBbv9iI
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) March 14, 2023
Shame Haaland doesn’t fit the City system. Otherwise he’d score a lot more! 🤪
— Jim Beglin (@jimbeglin) March 14, 2023
Why Pep Guardiola subbed off Haaland at 5 goals pic.twitter.com/t3FMa9ggRc
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) March 15, 2023
Pep Guardiola taking Haaland off before he shatters Messi's record…
We know what you are Pep🙃 pic.twitter.com/hix2VM07Si
— Dannielle😫😫 (@danny_idy) March 14, 2023
Haaland this season 39 goals, Chelsea FC this season 37 goals. pic.twitter.com/kpCDQikIkW
— BASH-AAR 🔞 (@FaruqBashar) March 14, 2023
Time to ask this question again.
Haaland or Mbappe? pic.twitter.com/HhHhgPFMar
— MBAH (@Mbahdeyforyou) March 14, 2023
RB Leipzig's goalkeeper trying to stop Haalandpic.twitter.com/mCfRjkSWbj
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) March 14, 2023
Haaland summed up Eden Hazard's career in the Champions League in just 57 minutes. I don't want to speak.
— WelBeast (@WelBeast) March 15, 2023
Erling Haaland will break every UCL record Messi has before age 30. pic.twitter.com/CusZYeuLjG
— frederick nuetei (@thatnueteiguy) March 15, 2023
*Haaland attempting to break Messi’s 5 goal UCL record*
Pep Guardiola: pic.twitter.com/VInXqVkDen
— 𝚄𝙶𝙾𝙲𝙷𝚄𝙺𝚆𝚄⚡️ (@UgoOsinobi) March 14, 2023
Don’t let that Haaland masterclass performance distract you from De Bruynes brilliant one too. Big game player 🪄 pic.twitter.com/1kSzXgGxMQ
— 17 (@DxBruyneSZN) March 14, 2023
Erling Haaland to Thierry Henry (with Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards stood next to him):
“I think you’re the only one that knows how to score a lot of goals…" pic.twitter.com/kxLfVmuWAJ
— Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley) March 14, 2023
Just compare Haaland's 5 goals tonight to Messi's against Leverkusen man, I rate Haaland but he just doesn't move me like that…pic.twitter.com/FEcMSCyIoH
— Noodle Vini (@vini_ball) March 14, 2023
Erling Haaland may be limited, but he’s allowed to be, his career goal scoring rate is better than everyone since the likes of Pelé and Eusebio.
Higher career rate than Messi, both Ronaldo’s, Mbappe, Van Basten, G Muller, Romario, Lewa etc…
132 npg’s in 136 90s in elite… https://t.co/GU7dKOGaNB
— VisualGame (@avisualgame) March 14, 2023
Let's not forget Roy Hodgson picked Jordan Ayew over Haaland. pic.twitter.com/8m998OseO9
— KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) March 14, 2023
Once Haaland and Mbappe have all the goal records, I’ll see what Ronaldo will be left with😂😂
I know what Messi will be left with😂
— Abja🇯🇲 (@AbjaFCB) March 14, 2023
Pep Guardiola when he’s asked about why he subbed Haaland off in the post-match press conference pic.twitter.com/eXOwFQyVLT
— F4ST. (@F4STFATI) March 14, 2023
Thierry Henry’s best non-penalty goal tally was 32 in 2003/04, he did that in 4,459 minutes, equivalent to 50 full games.
22 year old Erling Haaland just scored his 33rd non-penalty goal of his debut season, in 2,800 minutes, equivalent to 31 full games.
Absolute freak.
— VisualGame (@avisualgame) March 14, 2023
At age 33, Cristiano Ronaldo scored more goals in a UCL season than any other player in history.
Haaland still can't pose like Ronaldo 😂 pic.twitter.com/qt0e9wa3c2
— frederick nuetei (@thatnueteiguy) March 15, 2023
🤖Erling Haaland is inevitable;
▪️Youngest to 30 goals at 22y 236d
▪️Quickest to 30 goals in 25 games
▪️Only the 3rd player to score 5 in a #UCL game
▪️39 goals this season,a new Man City record
▪️5 hat-tricks this season
▪️Top scorer in 2022/23 Champions League#MCIRBL|#MCFC pic.twitter.com/0qPrUvLsTZ— FIFA World Cup Stats (@alimo_philip) March 15, 2023
Haaland is the first Premier League player to score five hat-tricks in a season (all comps) since Harry Kane in 2016-17 🎩🪄 pic.twitter.com/2vt2ovZl1I
— LiveScore (@livescore) March 14, 2023
Haaland scored as many goals today as Karim Benzema in 2017/18 La Liga pic.twitter.com/ZrSWshCPZg
— H (@hazfcb_) March 14, 2023
In 2012 Messi scored 5goals against a German team and Chelsea won the champions league.
In 2023 Haaland scored 5goals against a German team….🤔 pic.twitter.com/ttyIMWDIeI
— Francis (@OnyedumFrancis) March 14, 2023
Can't thank Pep enough for subbing Haaland off, he could've broken Messi's record 😭
Biggest Messi fan ever ❤️🐐 pic.twitter.com/xkFJqPmng7
— LM 🇦🇷⁷ (@Leo_messii_7) March 15, 2023
