Haaland becomes the third player to score 5 goals in a ‘Champions’ match

The first to achieve this was the Argentine Lionel Messi in Barcelona’s 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen on March 7, 2012.

Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who scored a goal on Tuesday in Manchester City’s 7-0 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16 second leg, became the third player to score five goals in a duel of the ‘Champions’.

The first to achieve this was the Argentine Lionel Messi in the 7-1 defeat of Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen on March 7, 2012 in the second leg of the round of 16 and at minutes 25, 42, 49, 58 and 84.

Then he did it, on October 21, 2014, the Brazilian Luiz Adriano, two of them from penalties, in Shakhtar Donetsk’s 7-0 win over BATE Borisov in the group stage.