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Erling Holland gave Jack Grealish a match ball.
Manchester City won a 6-0 victory over Burnley in the 2022-23 season England Football Association Cup (FA Cup) quarterfinals held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England at 2:45 am (Korean time) on the 19th. As a result of this match, Man City advanced to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Manchester City have been running some rotations. Elling Haaland, Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Rico Ruiz, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte, Huben Dias, Kyle Walker and Stefan Ortega started.
The protagonist of the match was Holland. Haaland showed off his presence with the opening goal in the 32nd minute of the first half, and scored the team’s second goal three minutes later. With a 2-0 lead already, Haaland’s bombardment did not stop. Haaland completed the hat trick by scoring his third goal in the 14th minute of the second half. Afterwards, Manchester City won with two goals from Alvarez and one from substitute Cole Palmer.
With this match, Haaland set a record of scoring hat-tricks in two consecutive matches. Haaland scored five goals once morest RB Leipzig in the second leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) before the match once morest Burnley and became the main player in the victory. Haaland maintained the scoring sense he showed once morest Leipzig until the FA Cup match.
There is a privilege given to a player who has achieved a hat trick. Just take the match ball. Since many players never achieve a hat trick in their career, those who do get a match ball to celebrate their hat trick. Holland was able to take the match ball in this game following the last game.
However, Haaland decided to give the match ball to his teammate Grealish instead of taking it himself. The British ‘Sports Bible’ introduced this scene, saying, “Haland has scored too many hat-tricks, and now he is trying to get away from the ball.”
After the game, Haaland, who took the match ball, approached Grealish and handed it to him. Grealish looked at Haaland with a mischievous smile and threw the ball back at Haaland. Haaland, who has already recorded six hat-tricks this season, seems to have had no greed for the match ball.
