FOOTBALL: Grealish claims Copenhagen goalkeeper told him Haaland was ‘not human’

Man­ches­ter City star Jack Gre­al­ish has revealed that he was told by the Copen­hagen goal­keep­er that goal-scor­ing prodi­gy Erling Haa­land was ‘not human’ after scor­ing a string of first-half blows.

The Pre­mier League cham­pi­ons wel­come Copen­hagen to the Eti­had for the third leg of the Cham­pi­ons League group stage.

And in just sev­en min­utes, Haa­land has scored 18 goals in all competitions.

The 22-year-old scored with his weak right foot.

Then, half an hour lat­er, he scored again, with an instinc­tive fin­ish into the emp­ty net.

Haa­land scored his 19th goal in just 13 appear­ances, the fifth time he has scored two or more goals for City this season.

Copen­hagen goal­keep­er Kamil Grabara said of his hor­ri­fy­ing appear­ance, “Is he human?

City ace Gre­al­ish told BT Sport: “Hon­est­ly, I can’t believe it. I’ve nev­er seen any­thing like this before.”

“I laughed at the first and sec­ond points. It’s always there.

“On my way out the goal­keep­er said some­thing. He said ‘He’s not human!

He said, “Are you say­ing that to me?” Let’s hope he con­tin­ues to lead us to glory.”

Haa­land was sent off before the start of the sec­ond half and had 45 min­utes left to score his fourth hat-trick of the season.

City added three goals to their Haa­land dou­ble in the first half.

David Kochora­va scored an own goal, fol­lowed by Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez to secure a 5–0 victory.