{"id":47177,"date":"2026-04-04T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=47177"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:53:50","slug":"it-was-about-time-i-didnt-score-a-hat-trick-erling-haaland-quips-after-standout-performance-against-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/it-was-about-time-i-didnt-score-a-hat-trick-erling-haaland-quips-after-standout-performance-against-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was about time I didn\u2019t score a hat-trick\u201d: Erling Haaland quips after standout performance against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">The Norwegian superstar was in ruthless form at the Etihad Stadium, netting three goals to send Manchester City cruising into the FA Cup semi-finals with a dominant 4-0 victory over rivals Liverpool on April 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 39th minute, added a second just before half-time, and completed his hat-trick early in the second half. Antoine Semenyo grabbed the other goal as City completely outclassed a struggling Liverpool side, who missed a penalty through Mohamed Salah and never looked like mounting a comeback.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">After the match, Haaland spoke to TNT Sports with his trademark mix of humility and hunger:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m super happy to be at Man City! It was about time I didn\u2019t score a hat-trick so\u2026 it was the right moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He added:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201cThis club, we have to win trophies and we have to perform at the best and biggest stage.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The comments perfectly capture Haaland\u2019s mindset \u2014 even after yet another clinical display (his 28th career hat-trick), he\u2019s already looking ahead to lifting silverware and shining on football\u2019s grandest stages.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Clinical as Ever: Haaland\u2019s Numbers<\/h3>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>3 goals<\/strong> from just <strong>3 shots on target<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Completed his brace by half-time and sealed the hat-trick in the 57th minute<\/li>\n<li>Subbed off in the 77th minute to a standing ovation from the Etihad faithful<\/li>\n<li>Now boasting an incredible <strong>46 goals in 50 games<\/strong> across club and country this season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Liverpool started brightly but faded badly. City\u2019s control was total, with the home side advancing to the semi-finals for the eighth successive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norwegian superstar was in ruthless form at the Etihad Stadium, netting three goals to send Manchester City cruising into\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":47156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1077],"class_list":["post-47177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-erling-haaland"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47181,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47177\/revisions\/47181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}