Manchester Metropolis 6-0 Burnley: Erling Haaland fires hat-trick as Cityzens dismiss Clarets in FA Cup

Erling Haaland made it 42 objectives for the season with one other hat-trick as Manchester Metropolis thrashed Burnley 6-0 to guide their place within the FA Cup semi-finals.

The emphatic scoreline spoilt Clarets boss Vincent Kompany’s return to the Etihad Stadium after the Championship facet made a defensively stable begin to the sport.

However they had been undone by two objectives in three minutes by the in-form Haaland, 4 days after he netted 5 towards RB Leipzig within the Champions League.

The Norwegian ran onto Julian Alvarez’s through-ball to poke the ball previous the on-rushing goalkeeper for the opener.

And he made it 41 objectives in simply 37 video games when he transformed Phil Foden’s cross from shut vary.

Kompany introduced on Jack Cork and Ashley Barnes on the break however they didn’t carve out sufficient possibilities to get again into the sport and threaten an upset.

And so they fell additional behind when a beautiful passing transfer led to Foden’s shot hitting the submit and Haaland changing the rebound first-time for his hat-trick.

Three minutes later, Pep Guardiola’s facet made it 4 when Kevin De Bruyne discovered Alvarez to attain from shut vary.

Substitute Cole Palmer grabbed the fifth with a volley from shut vary after Foden’s cross was parried into his path.

And World Cup winner Alvarez sealed the rout together with his second with a ferocious end from contained in the field after being fed by De Bruyne.

TALKING POINT – Haaland on one other scorching streak

Few gamers can declare to have had a greater goalscoring week of their profession than the Norwegian – 5 objectives in a Champions League knockout sport and one other three right this moment.

And that’s after questions had been requested in some quarters about his sport after scoring two in his earlier eight video games.

It might have been towards Championship opposition however Burnley are prime of their division and have solely misplaced 4 video games all season.

The aid for the remainder of English soccer, and Metropolis’s subsequent Champions League opponents Bayern Munich, is there’s a world break arising which opposition defenders will hope will have an effect on his rhythm.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH – Erling Haaland (Manchester Metropolis)

The goal-machine will seize all of the headlines once more with one other scientific efficiency. It was an in depth sport for half-hour however he took the sting out of the Clarets with these two objectives in three minutes on his technique to a hat-trick.

PLAYER RATINGS

MAN CITY: Ortega 6, Walker 7, Dias 6, Laporte 7, Lewis 6, Rodri 7, De Bruyne 8, Mahrez 6, Alvarez 9, Foden 9, Haaland 10. Subs: Akanji 6, Palmer 7, Gomez 5, Phillips 5, Grealish n/a.

BURNLEY: Peacock-Farrell 4, Roberts 6, Al-Dakhil 5, Beyer 5, Maatsen 6, Cullen 5, Gudmundsson 4, Tella 5, Zaroury 6, Vitinho 5, Foster 5. Subs: Obafemi 5, Taylor 5, Bastien 5.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

32′ – GOAL FOR CITY! The ball is threaded by way of by Alvarez to Haaland who beats the keeper in a race to the ball.

35′ – GOAL FOR CITY! Its Haaland once more from shut vary from Foden’s low cross.

59′ – GOAL FOR CITY! Its one other Haaland hat-trick! Mahrez’s cross discovered Foden whose shot hit the submit and the striker tucks within the rebound with a first-time effort.

62′ GOAL FOR CITY! Mahrez to De Bruyne who squares it to Alvarez to attain from shut vary.

69′ – GOAL FOR CITY! Palmer has been on for six minutes and scores with a volley within the field after a shot is parried into his path.

73′ – GOAL FOR CITY! Alvarez holds off a problem from De Bruyne’s cross to hammer the ball into the roof of the online.

KEY STAT

Manchester Metropolis have reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in six of their seven seasons beneath Pep Guardiola. They’re now the third group to achieve the final 4 of the competitors in 5 consecutive seasons for the reason that creation of the Soccer League, after Manchester United (1961-62 to 1965-66) and Arsenal (2000-01 to 2004-05).