Erling Haaland became the quickest player in Champions League history to score 40 goals, after his strike against RB Leipzig on Tuesday night. The dramatic encounter showed Pep Guardiola’s tactical strength to turn a potential bad event, into a favourable one. The Etihad club pulled a second-half comeback to secure a 3-2 victory against RB Leipzig, claiming the top spot in their group. The match saw standout performances from Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, and substitute Julian Alvarez, who sealed the win for his his side.
Erling Haaland – Getty image Leipzig stunned City by racing to a two-goal lead in the first half, leaving City’s unbeaten home record in the Champions League under threat. However, Guardiola’s strategic adjustments at halftime, including introducing Alvarez, proved to be a decisive move that helped boost the energy of his team.
The Sun newspaper had released photos of the Manchester City striker which showed him in a car and with a phone on March 15, close to the Etihad Stadium. Greater Manchester Police has now confirmed they are aware of photos of Erling Haaland appearing to use his mobile phone behind the wheel of his car and are investigating the alleged incident. 
The 22-year-old striker who moved to Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer window in a deal worth £51 million ($63m) and has been a huge hit in the Premier League, could be fined £200 and receive six points on his driving licence if he is found guilty. City are yet to release a statement on the incident involving Haaland who has scored 42 goals in 37 matches this season. 
With the tie finely poised after the first leg in Germany ended 1-1 last month, the pressure was on Pep Guardiola’s side against the Bundesliga’s third-best side. Haaland scored a first-half hat-trick; a penalty, a close-range finish stemming from his pressing of the goalkeeper, and a scrappy third after Leipzig had cleared the ball off the line. He scored two more after the break. It was the first time Haaland has scored five goals in a club match in his career. He also became City’s all-time highest scorer in a single season, taking his tally for the campaign to 39 in all competitions. 
“Now you’ve got a player who a lot of the time in their matches hardly takes part, it’s almost like playing with ten men. I don’t care how many goals he scores or how many hat-tricks he scores, you need to see how many goals the team scores. I think they’ve scored less goals at the same stage of last season and have got less points. “I don’t think that Haaland is a player that fits into the team because he’s everything the team isn’t. “He’s good when you play quickly – at Dortmund he scored his goals after they turned over the ball, played three or four passes and the ball was in the back of the net. With City they pass the ball 30/40 times before breaking the team down and that’s not his game. “I don’t think long-term he will improve City’s team and that’s their biggest problem.” 
Also commenting on claim of Haaland and Guardiola not having a good relationship, Hamann added; “I never thought he was going to go to City because he’s a player Guardiola never wanted. “Every centre forward was sent away from Barcelona, at times he played Robert Lewandowski on the left at Bayern Munich, Gabriel Jesus played out wide most of the time. “Maybe they thought ‘there’s a player who we get for £50-60million and he’s twice or treble that, we have to buy him’. “Would he be a benefit for Chelsea or Manchester United? Yes, I think so. Would he have scored the same goals for them? I don’t know, probably not because at City he gets more chances than for these teams but I don’t think he’s a good fit for Manchester City.” 
