Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal as Sevilla's Bono looks on. March 9, 2021. Reuters
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal as Sevilla's Bono looks on. March 9, 2021. Reuters
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal as Sevilla's Bono looks on. March 9, 2021. Reuters
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal as Sevilla's Bono looks on. March 9, 2021. Reuters

Haaland shatters records with double against Sevilla


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Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland on Tuesday notched up the quickest 20 goals in Champions League history, and became the youngest to net that many after scoring twice against Sevilla in the last 16.

Haaland's goals helped Dortmund to a 2-2 draw in their second-leg match, which sent them to the quarter-finals 5-4 on aggregate.

The Norwegian, 20, has been sensational, needing only 14 matches to reach the 20-goal mark, with 10 fewer appearances than the previous record holder, Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane.

He is also more than a year younger than Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe when he reached that mark just short of his 22nd birthday.

Haaland has netted 10 times in six Champions League games this season.

For Dortmund, the aggregate win secured their first quarter-final spot in four years, and Haaland is hungry for more goals.

"It was a hard game. I'm tired now but to be in the next round feels very big," he said. "It was a crazy game and a crazy win.

"We knew that they were going to come at us very hard, but when we scored they needed three. To be 1-0 up at half-time was very good and it was a nice goal."

Haaland's first goal was a tap in from a Marco Reus cutback but his second was a retaken penalty after his first effort was saved.

The penalty was controversially awarded after a long VAR review involving a foul on Haaland minutes earlier.

He has now scored two goals in each of his past four Champions League appearances.

"I missed the first penalty but if the keeper had stood on the line I'd have scored, like I did with the second," Haaland said.

"I was a little bit nervous on the second penalty but I knew it would be nice to score a second goal."

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Ruwais timeline

1971 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company established

1980 Ruwais Housing Complex built, located 10 kilometres away from industrial plants

1982 120,000 bpd capacity Ruwais refinery complex officially inaugurated by the founder of the UAE Sheikh Zayed

1984 Second phase of Ruwais Housing Complex built. Today the 7,000-unit complex houses some 24,000 people.  

1985 The refinery is expanded with the commissioning of a 27,000 b/d hydro cracker complex

2009 Plans announced to build $1.2 billion fertilizer plant in Ruwais, producing urea

2010 Adnoc awards $10bn contracts for expansion of Ruwais refinery, to double capacity from 415,000 bpd

2014 Ruwais 261-outlet shopping mall opens

2014 Production starts at newly expanded Ruwais refinery, providing jet fuel and diesel and allowing the UAE to be self-sufficient for petrol supplies

2014 Etihad Rail begins transportation of sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais for export

2017 Aldar Academies to operate Adnoc’s schools including in Ruwais from September. Eight schools operate in total within the housing complex.

2018 Adnoc announces plans to invest $3.1 billion on upgrading its Ruwais refinery 

2018 NMC Healthcare selected to manage operations of Ruwais Hospital

2018 Adnoc announces new downstream strategy at event in Abu Dhabi on May 13

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6pm: Mina Hamriya – Handicap (TB) $75,000 (Dirt) 1,400m

6.35pm: Al Wasl Stakes – Conditions (TB) $60,000 (Turf) 1,200m

7.10pm: UAE Oaks – Group 3 (TB) $150,000 (D) 1,900m

7.45pm: Blue Point Sprint – Group 2 (TB) $180,000 (T) 1,000m

8.20pm: Nad Al Sheba Trophy – Group 3 (TB) $200,000 (T) 2,810m

8.55pm: Mina Rashid – Handicap (TB) $80,000 (T) 1,600m

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England

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Italy
AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus

Spain
Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid