News about Luiz Adriano

After scoring five goals in Manchester City's 7-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig on Tuesday, Erling Haaland couldn't avoid shooting a dig at Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards. After a 1-1 draw in Germany three weeks ago, the Champions League last-16 tie looked to be on a knife edge going into the second leg, but Haaland's star performer put on a good showing, while Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne were also on the scoresheet. Haaland's third player after Lionel Messi and Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano to score five goals in a Champions League match, and Carragher, Richards, and Thierry Henry met after him to discuss his result.

Manchester City defeated RB Leipzig 7-0 to make sure he still has at least one target left to chase, but Pep Guardiola joked that he took Erling Haaland off one goal shy of a double hat-trick. With five goals in 35 minutes, the Norwegian striker was the youngest player to reach 30 goals in the Champions League and the fastest to do so, joining only Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano in scoring five in a single Champions League match. Haaland scored his hat-trick in the first half, two minutes at first, followed by two more in the 53rd and 57th minutes, with Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne scoring the others as City defeated 8-1 on aggregate.