Vincent Kompani’s huge Manchester City legacy was well received by the Etihad Stadium crowd when he returned to charge Burnley in this FA Cup quarter-final. But all these achievements did not weigh on Erling Haaland, who scored another hat-trick after scoring five hat-tricks that week against Leipzig, inflicting this heavy defeat on the Kompany army. (6-0). The former Devils captain no doubt learned a lot from his first head-to-head confrontation with mentor Pep Guardiola. Kevin De Bruyne, a double passer for Julian Alvarez, joined City for 89 minutes in this new attacking frenzy that awaits opponents in the semi-finals to be decided this Sunday.
Elsewhere in Europe, several conscripts from Domenico Tedesco’s first list worked. Youngsters Romeo Labia (at Seusampton against Tottenham) and Amadou Onana (at Chelsea at Everton) shared the stakes and delivered valuable results in the fight for retention. In Germany, the news of the day was the return to the field of Thomas Meunier, who played 20 minutes in Dortmund’s big win (6-1) against Cologne.
