The FA Cup 1 8 finals are contested, and Manchester City travel to Luton Town. Manchester City's top giants have faced a lot of challenges in the Premier League this season, and the competition with Liverpool Arsenal is extremely fierce, without any advantages, and the title prospects are full of uncertainty. But in the Champions League, Manchester City played well, winning all seven games. Manchester City's attack has not been very strong in recent times, scoring only one goal in three consecutive games, which is a bit surprising, after all, Manchester City is one of the strongest attacking teams in Europe. This time in the FA Cup, Manchester City faced Premier League relegation team Luton. As a result, Manchester City played crazy, defeated their opponents 6-2, and successfully advanced to the top 8!
In this game, Pep Guardiola lined up 4231 formations. Haaland is up front. The attacking duo of Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva combined to attack. Nunes and Mateo Kovacic form a back two. Ake, Akan Stones and Kyle Walker started the game in the back four. Ortega Moreno was the starting goalkeeper. Doku, Alvarez, Foden, Rodri and Ruben Dias were all on the bench.
Just 3 minutes into the game, Manchester City scored! De Bruyne sent in a cross from the left side of the box, and Haaland flanked it down the middle and slotted home with ease. Manchester City got off to a great start. In the 18th minute, Manchester City scored again! It's still De Bruyne and Haaland. De Bruyne's through ball allowed Haaland to run into the box with impunity and volley! In the 40th minute, Manchester City continued to score! It was still De Bruyne who assisted Haaland, Haaland burst into the penalty area and pushed the goal! The attacking combination of De Bruyne and Haaland is too inexplicable! What a perfect match! Five minutes later, Luton pulled a goal back! Clark blasts into the world wave! At half-time, Manchester City led Luton Town 3-1.
In the second half, it was easy to play again. In the 52nd minute, Clarke scored again when he volleyed home from inside the box. Manchester City conceded two goals in a row, and the lead was only one goal, which made the game suddenly have a lot of suspense. At the critical moment, the combination of De Bruyne and Haaland is in full swing. De Bruyne assists Haaland's goal for the fourth time! It's incredible, all four of Haaland's goals were assists from De Bruyne! It's unbelievable! In the 58th minute, Haaland continued to score goals and scored the 5th goal, which was too brutal! In the 73rd minute, Kovacic scored the icing on the cake. The final score was fixed at 6-2, Manchester City eliminated Luton!
Erling Haaland played at the level of a football king, setting a 98-year record and was the first Manchester City player to score five goals in an FA Cup game since Frank Roberts in 1926. The 23-year-old has scored 18 hat-tricks in eight different competitions, including five in the Premier League. Haaland is such a super goalscorer and makes opponents collapse.