Haaland nets three; Conte fumes after Spurs’ draw

The goals just keep flowing for Erling Haaland and Manchester City, no matter the competition.

Haaland bagged another hat-trick to make it eight goals in his last two games as City eased into the FA Cup semifinals with a 6-0 home win over Championship side Burnley yesterday. That came on the heels of a 7-0 win over Leipzig on Wednesday in the Champions League – when Haaland netted five – showing that City may be hitting another gear as it enters the decisive part of the season.

It was City’s sixth straight win in all competitions, having scored 23 goals in that stretch.

‘‘We are in that part of the season where we should be at our best,’’ said Haaland, whose extraordinary tally is now at 42 goals in all competitions. ‘‘Now is when things get decided.’’

City are still in the hunt for three trophies, but while Pep Guardiola’s team is the big favourites in the FA Cup it may need to maintain this kind of form to win the other two. City face Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals next month, and could go into the international break eight points behind Arsenal in the Premier League if the Gunners beat Crystal Palace at home today.

That’s a minor worry, though, compared to the headache facing Antonio Conte at Tottenham.

Conte tore into his players for being ‘‘selfish’’ and launched a tirade against the club’s lack of winning mentality after his team threw away a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 at lastplaced Southampton.

That result cost Tottenham a chance to climb provisionally into third place, and made things even tighter in an increasingly intriguing relegation fight that involves no less than nine teams. Only four points now separate 12th-place Palace and Southampton at the bottom of the table.

One win was enough for Leeds to climb from 19th up to 14th after beating Wolverhampton 4-2 away, while Leicester remained firmly entrenched in the relegation struggle despite halting a five-game losing streak in all competitions with a 1-1 draw at Brentford.

That keeps Leicester just one point above the drop zone – and two points ahead of Southampton – while midtable Aston Villa made it three wins in four games with a 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Bournemouth.

In the late game, 15th-place Everton twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Chelsea.