LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Erling Haaland’s quick-fire hat-trick for Manchester City against RB Leipzig on Tuesday broke a goalscoring record previously held by Kylian Mbappe.
Haaland netted first-half hat-trick which made him youngest player to have whooping 30 UCL goals. As well, the fastest to that total with 25 matches.
The big Norwegian scored a first-half hat-trick as City took control of their Champions League last-16 early on at the Etihad.
Just at 22 years and 236 days old, the City forward became the youngest player to reach 30 goals in the competition’s history.
That puts him ahead of Kylian Mbappe, who previously held the record at 22 years and 352 days old, both of whom are far ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Also, Haaland celebrated becoming the fastest player to reach the 30-goal milestone, doing so in just 25 matches, beating legendary Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s previous record of 30 games.
Not content with breaking two records, Haaland grabbed a fourth goal early in the second half and the strike drew him level with Tommy Johnson for the most goals scored in a single season for Man City (38).
His fifth goal, scored just a few minutes later, saw him take that record outright.
With that finish, he became just the third player in Champions League history to net five times in a single game and was later subbed.
City will be in action in the FA Cup against Burnley on Saturday after securing their place in the quarter-finals with an eventual 7-0 victory against Leipzig side.