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Erling Haaland scored yet another hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Vincent Kompany\u2019s Burnley 6-0 to power into the FA Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n
The prolific Norwegian followed up his five-goal haul against RB Leipzig on Tuesday<\/strong><\/a> with his sixth treble of the season as City ruthlessly put the Clarets to the sword at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n World Cup winner Julian Alvarez celebrated his new contract with a double and 20-year-old Cole Palmer also got on the scoresheet as former City captain Kompany endured a miserable return to his old ground.<\/p>\n Much of the pre-match build-up had been about Kompany, who won 10 major trophies in a glittering playing career with City and has a statue outside the stadium.<\/p>\n Naturally, he was given a great reception by the home fans but his former team showed him no niceties and, by the final whistle, the headlines were once again about Haaland.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old has now scored a remarkable 42 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions this term.<\/p>\n Burnley, the runaway Championship leaders, started confidently and Stefan Ortega was almost caught out as he was rushed into a pass and gifted the ball to Ian Maatsen.<\/p>\n Rico Lewis raced back to avert danger and Ortega made amends somewhat a few moments later when he pushed away a long-range effort from Nathan Tella.<\/p>\n Yet as uneasy as City looked at times in their own half, they were confident and slick at the other end.<\/p>\n Burnley had an escape when Haaland misdirected a header from a Phil Foden cross and it took a good tackle from Jordan Beyer to prevent Alvarez shooting.<\/p>\n Such was City\u2019s quality they could punish Burnley at any moment and a quickfire Haaland double just after the half hour put the game beyond the Clarets.<\/p>\n Haaland was fed on the edge of the area by Alvarez and, although Bailey Peacock-Farrell rushed out, he instinctively poked the ball beyond the keeper.<\/p>\n It was a smart finish but his next just moments later was even sweeter.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This time Foden was the provider after a charge down the left. His low ball into the area arced invitingly for Haaland and he lifted it neatly over Peacock-Farrell.<\/p>\n Burnley tried to respond and Maatsen forced a good save from Ortega just before the interval but City and Haaland were in no mood to relent.<\/p>\n Peacock-Farrell blocked a Riyad Mahrez volley and then beat away a Haaland strike but he could not stem the tide for long.<\/p>\n Haaland completed his treble just before the hour when, as usual, he was in the right place at the right time to pounce on a rebound after Foden hit the post.<\/p>\n He gave Peacock-Farrell no chance as he rifled home and the score quickly became 4-0 as Kevin De Bruyne burst into the area and squared for Alvarez to tap home.<\/p>\n As he was in midweek, Haaland was taken off in the 63rd minute. That meant his contribution for the week totalled eight goals from just 126 minutes of action.<\/p>\n There was still no respite for Burnley as Foden\u2019s cross was pushed into the path of Palmer and the substitute turned in.<\/p>\n The sixth came soon after as Alvarez raced onto a De Bruyne through ball and turned inside Ameen Al-Dakhil to thump home.<\/p>\n City coasted through the final few minutes and can now look forward to another trip to Wembley next month.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0 Erling Haaland: The ridiculous stats after his half-decent start to Man City life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n