Erling Haaland has admitted he was brought to Manchester City to deliver them the Champions League.
Haaland fired Pep Guardiola 's side into the quarter-finals of the competition with five goals in City's 7-0 demolition of RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. Norway striker Haaland became City's record scorer for a single season, taking his tally to 39 from 36 games, surpassing Tommy Johnson's 94-year record.
The Champions League is the one prize to so far elude City and Haaland, a £52million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, acknowledged that ending the drought was the reason he was signed.