Norwegian star Erling Haaland led his team, Manchester City, to the quarter-finals of the European Football Champions League, by scoring 5 goals against Leipzig, Germany, in the second leg of the final price of the tournament, while Inter Milan, Italy, managed to qualify thanks to its draw with its Portuguese host, Porto.
Manchester City swept its German guest, 7-0, to qualify on aggregate, after tying the first-leg match with a goal for the same.
The match witnessed an unprecedented brilliance for Haaland, who scored 5 goals within 57 minutes, thanks to which he was the top scorer in the current version of the Champions League, as he raised his score to 10 goals, ahead of the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, who scored 7 goals.
Haaland opened the series of goals in the 22nd minute with a penalty kick, which was awarded by the referee after a handball on Leipzig defender Benjamin Hinrich.
He added the second goal in the 24th minute, after a powerful ball bounced off the crossbar by Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, who easily headed it into the net.
The Norwegian star scored the third goal in the second minute of stoppage time for the first half, after a header from Portuguese defender Robin Diaz hit the crossbar, and the Leipzig defender tried to clear it, but it collided with Haaland and made its way into the net.
Barely 4 minutes had passed since the start of the second half, German Ilkay Gundogan added Manchester City's fourth goal with a powerful shot.
Haaland returned to add his fourth and fifth goal for City in the 54th minute, after a header was blocked by the goalkeeper and bounced back to him to put it in the goal.
In the 57th minute, Haaland completed his fifth after a powerful shot, after the ball bounced back from the goalkeeper.
Spanish coach Pep Guardiola removed his Norwegian player in the 63rd minute and replaced him with Argentine striker Julian Alvarez.
Moments before the end of the match, Manchester City scored again, this time through De Bruyne, with a shot from outside the penalty area.
Haaland became the third player to score 5 goals in one Champions League match, after Brazilian Luis Adriano with Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk in October 2014, and Argentine Lionel Messi with Barcelona in March 2012.
In general, Haaland raised his score from 33 goals in the Champions League in only 25 matches, including 10 with the Manchester City shirt, 15 with Borussia Dortmund, and 8 with Austrian Salzburg.
In the second match, Inter Milan kept its net clean against its host, Porto, to qualify for the quarter-finals, thanks to its victory in the first-leg match with a goal without response.
Porto ended the match with 10 players after Pepe was sent off in the last seconds.
Inter Milan reconciled its fans after losing twice in the last 3 matches in the Italian League, in which it occupies second place, but 18 points behind leaders Napoli.
As for Porto, it will turn the Champions League page and focus on its career in the Portuguese league, where it occupies the runner-up position, 8 points behind leaders Benfica.