That’s why Haaland was signed! City are given the title against Fulham in the 95′

The City of Manchester signed on Erling Halland to make a difference and that is exactly what the Norwegian has been doing since his arrival. After two games without minutes due to some discomfort, the Norwegian came to the rescue of his team in the last moment of the game, scoring a penalty to defeat. Fulham (2-1).

The victory was one of those remembered when he was champion at the end of the season. The set of Pep Guardiola must survive more than 80 minutes with one missing after Joao Cancelo was fired in the first half and, not only that, but he dominated and finished with 71% possession and up to 11 shots, a surreal number.

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Before all that happened, the city jump on the grass with Halland on the bench, waiting for his moment to shine, then reappearing on a call. It seems that the team does not need to go to the Norwegian because of the noticeable superiority over Fulham and more when Julian Alvarezat 17 minutes, he cleared the mark and nailed it first against Leno (17′).

The problem is that a carom action has changed the game radically. With a few rebounds, the ball fell to Vinicius and he was off Wilson facing Ederson. I canceled He charged from behind, knocked him to the spot and had no other choice: punishment and expulsion. To make matters worse, Pereira cheated Ederson and had to paddle the ‘citizen’ team up (28′).

That situation proved one thing. The city He intimidates his rivals a lot. Even with the inferiority complex, Fulham decided to continue the withdrawal and gave the ball to their rival, who played so comfortably that the fact of playing at a lower level was not noticed, even to stop the transfer of those from. Mark Silvawhich is few.

He played looking for an advantage with Grealish, open on the wing, but the Englishman was not well in general terms and the first half ended without clear opportunities, which made him focus on Halland, on his inevitable field trip. What if, Guardiola He decided to give her admission with only half an hour to go and that was enough to make a difference. He almost scored when he came up with a shot with a slight angle and then one of his headers was annulled for a very fair offside.

It is not that everything is decided until the last moment. The party was dying when DeBruynethe best long on the pitch, feinted against Robinson and he took a hit, tripping the Belgian. Halland he picked up the ball, planted it 11 meters from the goal and despite Leno’s prediction, the ball went past the German to vibrate the Etihad stands with his new idol (95′), who has already scored 18 goals in the Premier It’s this league and the party doesn’t seem to stop.

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City: Ederson; Stones, Akanji, Ake, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodrigo, Gündogan (Ruben Dias, 95′); Bernardo Silva, Julián Álvarez (Haaland, 64′) and Grealish (Foden, 64′)
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Wilson (James, 70′), Pereira (Harris, 88′), Willian (Mbabu, 80′); Vinicius (Cairney, 70′)
Goals: 1-0, Julián Álvarez (17′); 1-1, Pereira from a penalty (28′); 2-1, Haaland penalty (95′)
Referee: Darren England. Yellow cards to Bernardo Silva and Haaland at City and Pereira, Reed, Tete and Robinson at Fulham. Red card to Cancelo (25′)
Stadium: Etihad

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