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Erling Haaland sets new RECORD with five-goal haul against Luton
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Erling Haaland has had a relatively quiet return from injury on the goals front, by his own standards, netting three times in his six appearances in 2024, but that all changed on Tuesday night.
The Norwegian bagged five goals in Manchester City’s 6-2 drubbing of Luton Town in the FA Cup Fifth Round, with Belgian maestro Kevin de Bruyne assisting four of them.
The pair have seldom been fit at the same time so far this season, but they are back for the run-in and if their performance at Kenilworth Road is anything to go by, Man City will score a heap load of goals before the campaign ends.
Haaland opened the scoring after just three minutes, finishing from just outside the six-yard box following a De Bruyne cross. He doubled Man City’s lead and his goals tally in the 18th minute; after excellent hold-up play from a Stefan Ortega long-kick, Haaland laid the ball off for De Bruyne and sprinted into the distance. After one touch to set himself, he slid the ball past Tim Krul to put Man City 2-0 up.
To complete his hat-trick, Haaland once again latched onto a De Bruyne through-ball, finishing past Krul into the far corner.
The Norwegian wasn’t done there, however. He added a fourth with an easy tap-in, after brilliant movement to create space inside the box, before scoring his fifth goal from a Bernardo Silva assist - his first goal of the night not assisted by De Bruyne.
In the process, Haaland became the first player to ever score five goals in a single Champions League game and a single FA Cup game.
How has social media reacted to Erling Haaland’s performance vs Luton
Haaland - 5 goals
De Bruyne - 4 assists
Man City plays Man United on Sunday
Man United fans: pic.twitter.com/ISlnOkJfJi— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) February 27, 2024
5 goals by Haaland on a Tuesday and 4 KDB assists. pic.twitter.com/x9x6hCLKDg
— UnitedMuppetiers (@Muppetiers) February 27, 2024
KDB x Haaland is the biggest cheat code in football. Incredible.
— Steven (@StevenMcinerney) February 27, 2024
Goals scored
Haaland today: 5
Hojlund in 2024: 4 pic.twitter.com/OkS3z5aW5Q— Josh (@Joshua_MCI) February 27, 2024
If you got FPL points for FA Cup games…
🔥 Haaland would be on 25 points.
🔥 KDB would be on 16 points.
Now it’s time to do that in the Premier League! 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/H3dbT4tyRE— FPL Mate (Dan) (@FPLMate) February 27, 2024
Erling Haaland is the first player to score 5+ goals in a single Champions League game and 5+ goals in a single FA Cup game.
A genuine cyborg. 🤖 pic.twitter.com/s545bdfPjg— Squawka (@Squawka) February 27, 2024
RECORD ALERT: Erling Haaland has become the first ever #ManCity player to score five goals in a single game 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐄. 🖐️🤯 @StatCity
— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) February 27, 2024
Oooo I'm Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne and I've realised it's February so should start actually trying so Man City win everything until the end of the season.
Grow up.— Reev (@TheReevHD) February 27, 2024