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Man City benefit from early VAR call but Erling Haaland looked unstoppable in five-goal outing

MANCHESTER, England -- Erling Haaland scored five times as Manchester City hammered RB Leipzig 7-0 to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals.

City reached the last eight for the sixth year in a row after Haaland found the net five times in under an hour at the Etihad Stadium. Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne were also on the scoresheet in the rout.

Haaland is the third player to score five goals in a Champions League game after Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano while also breaking City's single-season goal record less than a year after joining the club from Borussia Dortmund.