Unstoppable Haaland nets double as City put five past Copenhagen

Erling Haaland scored a brace for Manchester City as they cruised to a 5-0 win over Danish giants FC Copenhagen in their UEFA Champions League meeting. The Norwegian striker is on the verge of reaching 20 goals for his new club this season.

Fresh from trouncing Manchester United 6-3 in the Manchester derby, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were on the hunt for a third win in the Champions League this season. The English champions did not disappoint against their opponents from Denmark.

Haaland continued his rich vein of form by opening the scoring for the Citizens after only seven minutes. The 22-year-old was on hand to fire home a low cross from Joao Cancelo with his weaker right foot.

The striker was on hand to score his side’s second and his 28th career goal in only 22 appearances the Champions League. A fierce shot from distance from Cancelo was parried by Copenhagen goalkeeper Kamil Grabara and Haaland had the simplest of tasks to tap home the rebound in the 32nd minute. He has 19 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season.

Manchester City soon added to their advantage as Davit Khocholava turned a shot from Sergi Gomez into his own net in the 39th minute to give the Citizens a commanding lead going into the break.

The lead became four in the 55th minute as Riyad Mahrez converted a penalty on his 200th appearance for Manchester City before Julian Alvarez rounded off the scoring in the 76th minute to complete a completely dominant 5-0 for Manchester City.

Nigerian winger Paul Mukairu made an appearance off the bench for FC Copenhagen as he replaced Victor Claesson in the 66th minute of the encounter.