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Erling Haaland scored five times as Manchester City crushed RB Leipzig 7-0 in the second leg round-of-16 clash at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.

The Norwegian’s goals were the building blocks of a Man City demolition job as Pep Guardiola’s men won the tie 8-1 on aggregate.

Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne were the other scorers as Man City underlined their UCL favourites tag with a resounding victory.

Haaland opened the floodgates when he converted a penalty before adding a header off a rebound and another fortuitous goal on the stroke of halftime to complete his hat trick.

Gundogan drilled a precise shot into the bottom corner before Haaland scored from rebounds in quick succession to complete his quintuple of goals.

Another well-struck shot from distance by De Bruyne completed the rout as Man City equalled their UCL win record in a match.

Haaland’s five goals make him the third player since Luiz Adriano in 2004 and Lionel Mesi in 2012 to score five goals in a UCL match.

He also became the fastest and youngest player to reach 30 goals in the competition.