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Let me tell you a joke. Erling Haaland has peaked, he’s past his best and his powers of goal scoring prowess are on the wain. Sorry, that’s not funny and I am being simply ridiculous, is that what you said?

You would be right, especially after Haaland’s five-goal burst against Premier League rivals Luton, which helped the holders Manchester blitz The Hatters 6-2 and ease to the quarter-finals.

To the credit of Rob Edwards and his men this season, they have been very competitive and have been on the wrong end of thrillers. Very rarely have they suffered drubbings, but such was the mood of City’s star-man, not even the battling Hatters could contain him.

This sentence shouldn’t be that surprising, but after the Norwegian missed nine chances in a game against Chelsea in a Premier League game, the haters and doubters were out in full force.

Pep Guardiola, Man City’s manager was defiant in defence of his star man and the Norwegian himself let his feet do the talking as City appear to be moving up the gears in the business end of the season.

Elsewhere in Tuesday’s FA Cup games, Bournemouth were undone by a late Leicester goal and Newcastle needed a penalty shoot out to see of John Eustace’s Blackburn.

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