Man City Champions League Winner Odds: 13/8 After Leipzig Win

Manchester City Champions League Winner Odds: Citizens Priced At 13/8 After Battering Leipzig 7-0

Kyle Curran

Sports Editor

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2023 3 min read

Manchester City have reached the Champions League quarter-finals after hammering RB Leipzig 7-0, with an aggregate score of 8/1. The latest Man City Champions League winner odds see the Citizens priced as short as 13/8.

It was a breathtaking performance from Pep Guardiola’s side, with Erling Haaland netting five goals in the process. He becomes only the third player to score five in a single UCL game. Luiz Adriano of Shaktar Donetsk did it against BATE Borisov back in 2014, and Lionel Messi scored five past Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.

"Five goals, Erling? That's insane!" 😅

🔵 7-0 ⚫️ #ManCity pic.twitter.com/yZ4TMGslTP

— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 14, 2023

Story Of The Game

Astonishingly, there wasn’t a goal until the 22nd minute of the game, where Haaland fired in a penalty to make it 1-0 after a VAR check for handball.

It wasn’t long until the goals started flowing after the opener, just two minutes later Haaland scored his second. He headed home after a thunderous Kevin De Bruyne strike ricocheted off the bar, putting it on a plate for the Norwegian.

The 22-year-old completed his first-half hat-trick just before half-time, as he knocked the ball across the line after Ruben Dias thought he’d scored.

A first-half hat-trick for Erling Haaland ⚡️#UCL pic.twitter.com/HBpr4iqTi9

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 14, 2023

Cruising at the break, City attacked the second-half just how they’d finished the first. Captain Ilkay Gundogan made it 4-0, completing a sensational team goal. The German midfielder was as cool as you like before almost passing the ball low into the bottom right corner.

Four minutes later, City made it five. Who else but Haaland once again. All the 22-year-old had to do was be in the right place at the right time in the six yard box, and he sure was. He smashed a loose ball home after another dangerous City corner.

Guardiola’s side were not done there, or at least Haaland wasn’t. The former Borussia Dortmund man once more fired home from close range due to a loose ball in the penalty area. Scoring his fifth of the match, and his 39th of the season, he became the fastest and youngest player to reach 30 goals in the competition.

Then, to round off a special performance, it was a vintage De Bruyne goal as he curled a strike into the top corner from outside of the area to make it 7-0 on the night.

Kevin De Bruyne puts the icing on the cake 🎂#UCL pic.twitter.com/lSt3Z6nZcx

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 14, 2023