Summary: Luton - Manchester City 6:2 (five by Arling Holland)/Sport1
Arling Holland has been under criticism recently for a "weak season" and a "drought", but tonight (Tuesday) the star of Manchester City reminded why many considered him the best striker in the world when he scored five (!) for Manchester City, who won by 2: 6 over Luton and qualified for the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Kevin de Brauna netted four of the five goals for him and provided a performance of his own.
Holland said at the end: "We had a game plan and we all stuck to it perfectly. De Brauna? I think we both know what we want from each other on the pitch, we look for each other a lot. He's a smart guy, and I like playing with smart guys." .
Pep Guardiola commented on the combination between Holland and De Brauna: "What can I say? Really, really good game. Erling is hot and Kevin... The combination between them tonight was perfect. Kevin needs players like Erling, and Erling needs players like Kevin. But we wouldn't be here without The other guys, and they all deserve credit."
Arling Holland celebrates a hat-trick for Manchester City/GettyImages, Shaun Botterill
Kevin Browne congratulates Erling Holland on Manchester City's win/GettyImages, JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP
Holland, who recently suffered an injury and displayed an ability that did not match the huge expectations from him, scored a winning goal against Brentford and another winning pair against Everton in the last rounds, and this evening he scored a second five at Madi City, after doing so in media against Leipzig in the Champions League.
He is the first player ever at Maddy City to score a hat-trick twice, and he is the player who has scored the most for a team from the top league in the cup - since George Best in 1970 (six for Man United in 2:8 against Northampton).
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In addition, this is the 20th time he has scored a hat trick or more in his short career (remember, he is only 23 years old), and he has already managed to score a hat trick five times in the Premier League, three times in Austria, three times in the Bundesliga, twice in the Champions League, twice in the FA Cup, once in the Cup The Norwegian, the Austrian and the German, and twice more in the uniform of the Norwegian team.
Holland kicked the goal seven times and all were on target.
He found the net five times.
Roy Keane, not one of the favorites of the Holland family, was enthusiastic on the broadcast: "Holland has this hunger... this boy is a machine."
Former footballer Tim Sherwood, who himself served as a commentator for "Sky Sports", joked after Hollande was replaced in the 77th minute: "What a relief for Luton's chairman.
If Hollande had scored two hat-tricks, he should have given him two goals."
And of course, it is impossible not to mention Kevin de Brauna, who scored Hollande's first four goals, and although the Belgian hardly played this season because he suffered from injuries - he already has the most Most assists in the team (11), despite only playing in 12 games.
"Kevin's career is nothing short of amazing.
A player like that deserves to win the Ballon d'Or, it's impossible for him to end his career without winning this award at least once," praised his teammate Mateo Kovacic", and Amado Onana, another teammate, said "he is one of the best midfielders of all time" .
In England, the words of Thierry Henry were also remembered, who said in the past that "I played with many great players, I knew closely some of the greatest stars of all time, but I think De Brauna's football mind surpasses everyone else's. The way he sees forward moves, the way he always thinks One step ahead of everyone, the way his thinking speed is twice as fast as anyone else's. Sometimes he walks around the field and you don't understand what he's doing. Sometimes it seems like he's not even here with us, and is in his own world. But he's actually so good, it's a problem for Everyone. He's probably the smartest player I've ever seen in my life."
Everyone agrees on one thing, even in the English media: if the combination between Holland and De Brauna looks like this in the future, Pep Guardiola can relax on the throne, and simply enjoy the way to more titles.
"With Holland, known as the genius Ved Braun, Pep's life is indeed better than ours, and yours," wrote the BBC, paraphrasing Guardiola's statement to journalists that made headlines last week.
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