<p>Luton: Erling Haaland roared back to his best form with a five-goal salvo as Manchester City thumped Luton Town 6-2 at Kenilworth Road to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Luton had no answer to the marauding Norwegian who bagged his eighth City hat-trick before halftime and then scored twice more after the break to kill off a stirring Luton revival.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old's first four goals were all created by Kevin De Bruyne. Mateo Kovacic also got on the scoresheet for holders City who are unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions.</p>.Man City boss Guardiola apologises to Kalvin Phillips for comments about weight.<p>Luton did threaten an unlikely comeback when Jordan Clark found the top corner with a sublime effort on the stroke of halftime and netted again early in the second half to make it 3-2. But a strong City side instantly found another gear to cruise into the hat for the last eight.</p>.<p>Haaland became the first top-flight player to score five goals in an FA Cup tie since George Best struck six for Manchester United against Northampton Town in 1970.</p>.<p>The only blemish for City, who face Manchester United in the Premier league on Sunday, was an injury to Jack Grealish who was forced off in the opening period.</p>.<p>Haaland had scored only five goals in his previous 11 appearances for City -- a spell interrupted by a foot injury that some suggested had taken the edge off his game.</p><p>But he answered any doubters in emphatic fashion with a sensational display of centre forward play.</p>.<p>City meant business from the start and went ahead in the fourth minute as Matheus Nunes played in De Bruyne who cut back a perfect pass for Haaland to fire past Tim Krul.</p>.Hojlund no longer a poor man's Haaland.<p>De Bruyne played Haaland through in the 18th minute to make it 2-0 and Haaland's hat-trick goal was almost a carbon copy as he again surged on to a De Bruyne pass to dink a shot over Krul.</p>.<p>Clark gave the home fans some cheer when he curled a perfect shot past Stefan Ortega and Luton punished City for some slack defending just after the restart with Clark finishing well.</p>.<p>But Haaland tapped in a De Bruyne pass a couple of minutes later and then grabbed his fifth from Bernardo Silva's assist before being substituted, much to Luton's relief.</p>.<p>Second-tier leaders Leicester City joined Pep Guardiola's side in the quarter-finals as they beat Premier League Bournemouth 1-0.</p>
<p>Luton: Erling Haaland roared back to his best form with a five-goal salvo as Manchester City thumped Luton Town 6-2 at Kenilworth Road to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Luton had no answer to the marauding Norwegian who bagged his eighth City hat-trick before halftime and then scored twice more after the break to kill off a stirring Luton revival.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old's first four goals were all created by Kevin De Bruyne. Mateo Kovacic also got on the scoresheet for holders City who are unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions.</p>.Man City boss Guardiola apologises to Kalvin Phillips for comments about weight.<p>Luton did threaten an unlikely comeback when Jordan Clark found the top corner with a sublime effort on the stroke of halftime and netted again early in the second half to make it 3-2. But a strong City side instantly found another gear to cruise into the hat for the last eight.</p>.<p>Haaland became the first top-flight player to score five goals in an FA Cup tie since George Best struck six for Manchester United against Northampton Town in 1970.</p>.<p>The only blemish for City, who face Manchester United in the Premier league on Sunday, was an injury to Jack Grealish who was forced off in the opening period.</p>.<p>Haaland had scored only five goals in his previous 11 appearances for City -- a spell interrupted by a foot injury that some suggested had taken the edge off his game.</p><p>But he answered any doubters in emphatic fashion with a sensational display of centre forward play.</p>.<p>City meant business from the start and went ahead in the fourth minute as Matheus Nunes played in De Bruyne who cut back a perfect pass for Haaland to fire past Tim Krul.</p>.Hojlund no longer a poor man's Haaland.<p>De Bruyne played Haaland through in the 18th minute to make it 2-0 and Haaland's hat-trick goal was almost a carbon copy as he again surged on to a De Bruyne pass to dink a shot over Krul.</p>.<p>Clark gave the home fans some cheer when he curled a perfect shot past Stefan Ortega and Luton punished City for some slack defending just after the restart with Clark finishing well.</p>.<p>But Haaland tapped in a De Bruyne pass a couple of minutes later and then grabbed his fifth from Bernardo Silva's assist before being substituted, much to Luton's relief.</p>.<p>Second-tier leaders Leicester City joined Pep Guardiola's side in the quarter-finals as they beat Premier League Bournemouth 1-0.</p>