Haaland hits FA Cup hat-trick as Man City rout Burnley

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

The Norwegian is now conscionable 2 short of nan grounds jointly held by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mohamed Salah for nan astir goals successful a play for an English top-flight nine successful each competitions during nan 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 clear astatine nan apical of nan Championship.

Burnley did good successful nan first half but could not lucifer Haaland's staggering ratio successful beforehand of goal.

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

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

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

Haaland nan goalscoring machine

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

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

The problem for defences is he has truthful galore attributes.

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

Three minutes later Haaland had his second.

This time, Phil Foden delivered a debased cross, which nan Norwegian had nan intelligence to assistance complete Peacock-Farrell into nan net.

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

If location is simply a complaint, it is that Haaland is scoring excessively quickly. For nan 2nd crippled moving Guardiola took him disconnected pinch conscionable complete an hr played.

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

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 must person been a unusual experience, fixed he enjoyed truthful galore memorable moments present and moreover has a statue extracurricular nan ground.

He received a opinionated ovation erstwhile his sanction was publication retired earlier kick-off, pinch moreover Guardiola joining nan applause.

Once nan whistle went, Kompany, successful his unique headdress ordered, cajoled and encouraged his team.

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

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

He stood pinch chap Belgian Kevin de Bruyne for a quiet word, perchance congratulating him for nan superb walk that released Alvarez for his second, having already laid his first connected a sheet pinch a precise cross.

Kompany knows his broadside travel up against thing for illustration that value successful nan Championship, but it does look apt he will beryllium backmost adjacent play - erstwhile he hopes immoderate harsh lessons from coming will person been learned.

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