It should be Erling Haaland. The Norwegian, who has not scored since returning from his injury, wandered the pitch, a victim of the spider web woven by Everton and in which the City of Manchester was completely trapped when, with twenty minutes remaining, he latched on to a loose ball inside the area after a chaotic play and finally managed to beat a visiting team that was putting the home team in serious trouble. Guardiola. 15 minutes later, he himself Haaland He judged the game by finishing with power and mastery a great pass from Kevin de Bruyne after a quick counterattack. The victory of the ‘citizen’ sustains the fight for premier together Liverpool and Arsenal.
Domain without occasion
Riding with nine consecutive victories and hungry to attack the leadership of premierthe set of Guardiola He started to press, though not creating too many chances at the start. His rival crouches in wait and tries to take advantage of some ‘citizens’ ball-out mistake to remind him of Ederson who is also in the party.
City played and played, but couldn’t find a way to penetrate the rival’s tight defence. His shots from outside repeatedly fell to several defenders. Only Doc He seemed to find a way to get in from the left wing, with good crosses that ultimately came to nothing.
Minutes passed and the panorama did not change. The total incompetence of the locals in front of a well organized and disciplined visiting team thwarted the team’s attempts time and again. city. The break was reached without clear chance.
De Bruyne comes on from the bench
The script of the game did not change in the first minute of the second half and Guardiola He decided to move the bank ten minutes into this period. They entered will walk and DeBruyne to try to completely change a team that is not moving. If Pep’s dominance in the game was already total, it increased even more as the match progressed.
Then appeared a Haaland who was overlooked until this last stage to sign that decisive double and lead a very difficult and complex victory against a Everton which turned into a serious fight. To solve situations like this there are cracks. The striker already has 51 goals in 50 games as a starter in premier and now has 16 this season despite being in dry dock, going overboard wrong in the battle for the highest scorer.
Data sheet:
2 – Manchester City: Ederson; Stones, Akanji (Walker, d.57), Dias, Aké; Nunes (De Bruyne, m.57), Rodri, Álvarez (Silva, m.77); Foden, Doku (Grealish, m.87) and Haaland.
0 – Everton: Pickford; Godfrey (Coleman, d.56), Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye (Chermiti, m.89), Garner, Harrison; Young (Onana, m.78), McNeil (Dobbin, m.88) and Calvert-Lewin (Beto, m.78).
The objectives: 1-0, m.71: Haaland. 2-0, m.85: Haaland.
Referee: John Brooks. He warned Gueye (m.54) and Garner (m.97) for Everton.
Incidents: The match corresponding to matchday 24 of the Premier League was played at the Etihad Stadium (Manchester) in front of 55,097 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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