Manchester City 6-0 Burnley: Erling Haaland scores hat-trick in thumping win over Vincent Kompany's side

Erling Haaland has scored 8 goals successful his past 2 games, including 5 against RB Leipzig successful the Champions League

Erling Haaland scored his 2nd hat-trick successful 5 days arsenic Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup semi-finals by hammering Championship leaders Burnley astatine Etihad Stadium.

The Norwegian is present conscionable 2 abbreviated of the grounds jointly held by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mohamed Salah for the astir goals for an English top-flight nine successful each competitions successful the Premier League era.

Julian Alvarez added 2 goals and substitute Cole Palmer besides scored connected a sobering nighttime for erstwhile City skipper Vincent Kompany, whose Burnley broadside person surged 13 points wide astatine the apical of the Championship.

Burnley did good successful the archetypal fractional but could not lucifer Haaland's staggering ratio successful beforehand of goal.

City opened up successful the 2nd play though, underlining the chasm successful people betwixt England's apical 2 divisions.

It volition beryllium City's sixth semi-final quality successful 7 seasons nether Pep Guardiola, and connected this signifier fewer volition reason against them lifting the trophy for lone the 2nd clip successful that play arsenic they clasp hopes of completing a Treble-winning campaign.

The gully for the FA Cup semi-finals takes spot connected Sunday pursuing Brighton's necktie against Grimsby Town (14:15 GMT), unrecorded connected BBC One.

Haaland the goalscoring machine

Haaland present has an unthinkable six hat-tricks successful his debut play successful English shot - already fractional arsenic galore arsenic superb Argentine Sergio Aguero managed successful his full City career.

Considering City would play different 18 games if they scope some the FA Cup and Champions League finals, it is not beyond the realms of anticipation Haaland volition decorativeness the run with astir 60 goals, which has ne'er travel adjacent to being achieved successful modern times.

The occupation for defences is helium has truthful galore attributes.

His archetypal extremity owed overmuch to his spot arsenic goalkeeper Stefan Ortega lofted a agelong shot downfield. Haaland had the spot to clasp disconnected Ameen Al-Dakhil, past steered the shot backmost to Julian Alvarez who delivered a superb walk done the Burnley defence. Clarets keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell near his enactment believing helium could get to the shot first. He soon discovered Haaland is besides exceptionally quick. The Norwegian bushed him to it and prodded a first-time effort nether the keeper.

Three minutes aboriginal Haaland had his second.

This time, Phil Foden delivered a debased cross, which the Norwegian had the quality to assistance implicit Peacock-Farrell into the net.

His hat-trick extremity was astir being successful the close spot astatine the close clip arsenic Foden's changeable bounced backmost disconnected the station arsenic Haaland lengthened his stride to use a first-time finish.

If determination is simply a complaint, it is that Haaland is scoring excessively quickly. For the 2nd crippled moving Guardiola took him disconnected with conscionable implicit an hr played.

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Kompany's invited return

Losing astatine Manchester City is not a caller acquisition for Burnley - they person ne'er won astatine Etihad Stadium and their past triumph astatine Maine Road came successful 1963.

For Kompany it indispensable person been a unusual experience, fixed helium enjoyed truthful galore memorable moments present and adjacent has a statue extracurricular the ground.

He received a lasting ovation erstwhile his sanction was work retired earlier kick-off, with adjacent Guardiola joining the applause.

Once the whistle went, Kompany, successful his distinctive headdress ordered, cajoled and encouraged his team.

He showed flashes of irritation erstwhile attacking moves were not carried retired to his satisfaction, but helium besides offered praise erstwhile Burnley threatened, which they did sporadically, particularly successful the play earlier Haaland scored the opener.

At the extremity Kompany shook hands with each the City players who were his team-mates not that agelong ago.

He stood with chap Belgian Kevin de Bruyne for a quiescent word, perchance congratulating him for the superb walk that released Alvarez for his second, having already laid his archetypal connected a sheet with a precise cross.

Kompany knows his broadside travel up against thing similar that prime successful the Championship, but it does look apt helium volition beryllium backmost adjacent play - erstwhile helium hopes immoderate harsh lessons from contiguous volition person been learned.

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