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Erling Haaland says he was brought to Manchester City to help them win the Champions League because they \u201calready know\u201d how to win the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Haaland, 22, scored five goals in City\u2019s\u00a07-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig\u00a0on Tuesday that secured their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
City\u2019s best performance in the competition is finishing runners-up to Chelsea in 2021.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOf course the club want to win the Champions League,\u201d said Haaland.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve won four out of the last five Premier League titles. They didn\u2019t bring me in to win the Premier League because they already know how to win it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, you can read between the lines. I\u2019m here to try to help the club develop even more and to win the Champions League for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
City\u2019s failure to lift the Champions League is in contrast to their recent domestic success.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n They have won 17 trophies since owner Sheikh Mansour\u2019s takeover of the club in 2008, including six Premier League titles \u2013 four of which have come since manager Pep Guardiola was appointed in 2016.<\/p>\n Despite already breaking a host of records and closing in on several more, Haaland thinks he can get even better.<\/p>\n Speaking to CBS, the Norway striker said: \u201cI knew I was going to score goals because, last season, how many did they [City] score? Probably 100.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I saw them without a striker and they were crossing the ball in, I was like \u2018ah, I\u2019d love to be there!\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut there is so much potential in this team and I think we can improve a lot. It\u2019s an easy thing to say, but I could have scored more goals. I missed a lot of chances.<\/p>\n \u201cI can get better in everything. I have to be much better \u2013 heading, combining, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
\n \nRecord-breaking Haaland<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n He has scored 10 Champions League goals so far this season, the most by a Manchester City player in a single season in the competition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He is the third player to score five goals in a single Champions League game after Luiz Adriano in October 2014 for Shakhtar Donetsk and Lionel Messi for Barcelona in March 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He has scored 33 goals in 25 Champions League games, reaching the 30-goal milestone in fewer matches than any other player in the competition\u2019s history<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He is the youngest player to reach 30 goals in Champions League history (22 years 236 days).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He is only the second player to score five goals in a Champions League\/European Cup game for an English team after Raymond Crawford for Ipswich Town vs Floriana in September 1962<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He needs five more goals to equal Mohamed Salah and Ruud van Nistelrooy\u2019s record for most goals in a season by a Premier League player in all competitions (44)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n He is seven goals short of equalling Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s record for most goals in single Champions League season (17) for Real Madrid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n