Haaland won and made Guardiola’s City sole leaders despite an initial scare

He Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Citywinner of the last four Premier Leagues, the sole leader of the current, 2024-25, because it won, with a double Erling Haalandby 2-1 in Brentfordwhile the Liverpoolwith whom they tied on points, losing the match 0-1 Nottingham Forest. Now City have 12 points and Liverpool, 9. The truth is that the afternoon started with fear for them. city: in 23 seconds the Brentford.

The truth is that Brentford starred in a great start to the match against the ‘citizens’, who made their debut in the 2024-25 Champions League on Wednesday facing Inter. In 23 seconds the team he leads leads Thomas Frank topped the scoreboard thanks to Yoane Wissa.

There was a communication error in between Ederson and John Stones after a quick play Brentford to start the meeting. Whisawho later retired injured after a tackle by Matthew Kovacicdid not make a mistake after the goalkeeper and the defender made a mistake and advanced to Brentford.

But this is not the only goal. In the first ten minutes of the match, the Brentford could have scored a little more and had an almost unbelievable figure at the Etihad: the set of frankly They have 73 percent possession against the team Guardiola.

But Haalandwho otherwise turned the match around with two great goals. Pep Guardiola He offered to give the Norwegian star permission and stop playing because of the blow caused by the death of Ivar Eggja, a good friend of the player and his family. But Haaland He preferred to play.

at 19′ Haaland he took advantage of a pass he gave Kevin de Bruyne and leveled the score for the Premier champions. And in the 32nd minute the Norwegian won the game in an impressive way against Pinnock in a counterattack. An action in which Haaland showed his football intelligence.

In the second half there were many good stops FrecklesBrentford goalkeeper, stopped Haaland made history by achieving his fourth consecutive Premier hat trick. Norwegian and City had a chance to extend their lead against a Brentford that in a few separate games this time he did not give up scoring at the Etihad. But to those Guardiola They did not miss, despite the initial fear, this victory that led them to be alone.