Erling Haaland sent a message of intent to the rest of Europe on a night of goalscoring records.
Haaland got five goals in total, beat RB Leipzig almost on his own and might have hit double figures had he not been substituted to a standing ovation with 27 minutes left. It almost felt as if Pep Guardiola was taking pity on Leipzig by taking off Haaland before he could inflict more humiliation in what was supposed to be a tight last-16 Champions League tie.
In the end, Haaland made it look like men against boys. He was bigger, better and more deadly than every other player on the pitch. It was embarrassingly one-sided. Haaland became only the third player - after Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2012 and Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2014 - to score five goals in a single Champions League game.
