Ferdinand: 'Haaland elevates Man City'

"Haaland has superpowers, is a born striker," Ferdinand said in BT Sports' post-match commentary. "Haaland always rushes to the ball with a strong desire to score. His quality and attitude makes Man City better, especially in the Champions League. His teammates only need to play on a scale of 7, and Haaland will bring him. of victory".

Haaland scored a hat-trick against Leipzig in the last 25 minutes of the first half. He then scored two more goals in the second half, helping Man City crush opponents 7-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The Norwegian striker became the youngest player to have 30 goals in the Champions League, at 22 years and 236 days.

Haaland reached 33 goals in the Champions League, more than the number of famous superstars like Kaka, Wayne Rooney and Patrick Kluivert in this arena. Haaland is also the third person in history to score five goals in a Champions League match, after Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano.

"He's got 39 goals this season and wouldn't be surprised if it was 50," said former defender Joleon Lescott. "No one can say that Haaland made City's game worse. He is the symbol of the team and criticism of him is ridiculous."

Haaland has scored 29 goals in 27 games for Salzburg and 86 goals in 89 games for Dortmund. He currently has 39 goals in 36 games for Man City. Haaland has 194 goals in 236 games throughout his career.

The 22-year-old star leads the list of Premier League goalscorers with 28 goals and is also the highest scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals. Haaland has up to five games left in the Champions League this season to aim for Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 17 goals a season.