LONDON Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne have sent a warning sign to rivals Manchester United ahead of their English Premier League clash on March 3.
In what was an utterly dominant performance, Haaland scored five times as the FA Cup holders ran riot in a 6-2 rout of Luton Town in the fifth round on Feb 27.
Aided by de Bruyne’s quartet of assists, the striker completed his treble inside the first 40 minutes at Kenilworth Road.
Jordan Clark struck twice to briefly reduce Luton’s deficit to just 3-2.
But any Luton hopes of an incredible comeback were ruthlessly erased by Haaland as the Norwegian scored twice more after the interval to send City into the quarter-finals.
Mateo Kovacic then netted to cap City’s second six-goal haul this season, after their 6-1 thrashing of Bournemouth in the Premier League in November.
Saluting de Bruyne’s role in his demolition of Luton, Haaland said: Kevin is massive. It’s a pleasure playing with him. We know what we both want from each other.”
On his own form since returning from a foot injury that sidelined him for two months, he added: I’m getting back to my best. Finally, I’m feeling good.
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