Foreign media do not believe eyes after Haaland show: ‘He comes from another galaxy’ | Foreign football

“He is unstoppable,” writes Daily Mail with an open mouth. Manchester City are a cunning team with a cannonball at the point of attack. When he fires, hardly any opponents remain standing,” the newspaper refers to Haaland. The striker was substituted after an hour of play. When he went out, Leipzig’s humble, shattered players must have felt like joining in the applause. That was pure relief for them.’

“The great Norwegian’s special powers were fully displayed in this almighty performance,” writes The Sun. “He was head and shoulders above the rest with a five star show on another record night for him.

Also The Guardian was deeply impressed by the Norwegian phenomenon. “Great Haaland demolishes RB Leipzig,” wrote the English quality newspaper. “What this masterclass of intimidating power, running fast and deadly shooting did was send a message to all of Europe. Guardiola has moved ever closer to the holy grail of a Champions League win with City over the past two seasons. Now that Haaland is on board, the possibilities are even greater.’

Manchester Evening News called Haaland’s performance in the round of 16 of the Champions League ‘ridiculous’. The newspaper rated the attacker’s performance with a 10. ‘He scored a goal every 12 minutes. Haaland simply made a difficult game look easy.’

Also The Telegraph sounded the praises. “It was as if there was a second Erling Haaland on the field. Another Haaland who could bring in the rebounds, play both sides of the box and score every 12 minutes.’

Other countries also looked at the performance of the Norwegian with admiration. ‘The most feared striker in the world’, so called Mundo Deportivo it. L’Equipe found that ‘cyborg’ Haaland ‘comes from another galaxy’. Image was also lyrical. “Leipzig’s Champions League horror has a name: Erling Haaland.” Mark headlined: ‘Haaland, what a beast!!’. In Spain there was a lot of praise anyway. “Erling Haaland is from another planet,” wrote ASH.

Thanks in part to the impressive performance of Haaland, Manchester City reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League without any problems. Pep Guardiola’s team recorded a 7-0 victory and won 8-1 over two matches. In addition to Haaland, Ilkay Gündogan and Kevin De Bruyne were accurate. Inter also reached the last eight of the billion dollar ball.