Manchester City: Erling Haaland says he was signed to win the Champions League

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Erling Haaland celebrates 1 of his 5 goals against RB Leipzig

Erling Haaland says helium was brought to Manchester City to assistance them triumph the Champions League due to the fact that they "already know" however to triumph the Premier League.

Haaland, 22, scored 5 goals successful City's 7-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig connected Tuesday that secured their spot successful the Champions League quarter-finals.

City's champion show successful the contention is finishing runners-up to Chelsea successful 2021.

"Of people the nine privation to triumph the Champions League," said Haaland.

"They've won 4 retired of the past 5 Premier League titles. They didn't bring maine successful to triumph the Premier League due to the fact that they already cognize however to triumph it.

"So, you tin work betwixt the lines. I'm present to effort to assistance the nine make adjacent much and to triumph the Champions League for the archetypal time."

City's nonaccomplishment to assistance the Champions League is successful opposition to their caller home success.

They person won 17 trophies since proprietor Sheikh Mansour's takeover of the nine successful 2008, including six Premier League titles - 4 of which person travel since manager Pep Guardiola was appointed successful 2016.

He has scored 10 Champions League goals truthful acold this season, the astir by a Manchester City subordinate successful a azygous play successful the competition.
He is the 3rd subordinate to people 5 goals successful a azygous Champions League crippled aft Luiz Adriano successful October 2014 for Shakhtar Donetsk and Lionel Messi for Barcelona successful March 2012
He has scored 33 goals successful 25 Champions League games, reaching the 30-goal milestone successful less matches than immoderate different subordinate successful the competition's history
He is the youngest subordinate to scope 30 goals successful Champions League past (22 years 236 days).
He is lone the 2nd subordinate to people 5 goals successful a Champions League/European Cup crippled for an English squad aft Raymond Crawford for Ipswich Town vs Floriana successful September 1962
He needs 5 much goals to adjacent Mohamed Salah and Ruud van Nistelrooy's grounds for astir goals successful a play by a Premier League subordinate successful each competitions (44)
He is 7 goals abbreviated of equalling Cristiano Ronaldo's grounds for astir goals successful azygous Champions League play (17) for Real Madrid

Despite already breaking a big of records and closing successful connected respective more, Haaland thinks helium tin get adjacent better.

Speaking to CBS, the Norway striker said: "I knew I was going to people goals because, past season, however galore did they [City] score? Probably 100.

"When I saw them without a striker and they were crossing the shot in, I was similar 'ah, I'd emotion to beryllium there!'

"But determination is truthful overmuch imaginable successful this squad and I deliberation we tin amended a lot. It's an casual happening to say, but I could person scored much goals. I missed a batch of chances.

"I tin get amended successful everything. I person to beryllium overmuch amended - heading, combining, everything."

Team mate John Stones added that Haaland "really could bash what helium wants" due to the fact that of his "hunger and attitude" to playing football.

"He gets successful the close spot astatine the close clip - helium is an implicit shot magnet, arsenic I deliberation Jack [Grealish] was calling him successful the dressing country after," said Stones.

"I deliberation helium wants to conscionable triumph - I deliberation if you person that mentality, past the idiosyncratic accolades conscionable travel people without chasing them.

"That could beryllium wholly incorrect but I deliberation Erling is simply a immense squad subordinate and, with that benignant of mindset, he's going to interruption much records."

French paper L'Equipe gave Haaland a uncommon cleanable 10 successful their subordinate ratings and referred to him arsenic ET connected their beforehand page.

Front leafage of L'Equipe