It took a quarter of an hour for the Citizens to win at home over their rival, a result that leaves them momentarily two points behind the leader.
A clear victory was obtained this Sunday Manchester City after beating Wolverhampton by three goals to nil at the Etihad Stadium match corresponding to date 21 of the English Premier League.
The match started with a home team imposing their conditions from the start, controlling possession and frequently approaching the goal defended by the keeper. Jose Sa .
Despite this, students from Pep Guardiola they had to wait to mark the opening of the account. It wasn’t until the 40th minute that Erling Haaland managed to score after connecting with a header from Kevin De Bruyne’s cross to make it 1-0 in the game. a result with which both teams rested.
In the plugin, Julen Lopetegui -the foreigner’s coach- has determined the entry of several changes with the aim of reversing the situation; however, Shortly after the match resumed, the Norwegian striker was present on the scoreboard (50′), this time from twelve steps, to stretch the lead to two at the Etihad Stadium. .
And when the citizens were still celebrating the second goal, again Haaland (54′) appeared to put on the third after taking advantage of a visitor keeper error, thus decreeing what would ultimately be the final 3-0 .
Seven minutes later (61st), the host coach decides to rest a Norwegian striker already 25 goals in the tournament and continues to break records: With this hat-trick, the fourth in 19 Premier League matches, he left behind the mark of Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy, who also scored four goals in 65 matches. .
From then on, the hosts released the accelerator and smoothly dominated the match process against a Wolverhampton unable to generate danger in the sky blue area.
With this result, Manchester City remain in second place in the standings with 45 points two units behind the leader Arsenal -who have two games less than the Citizens- and who will later face the fourth in the table at home, Manchester United .
At the next meeting, those led by Guardiola must go to Tottenham (5th) meeting scheduled for Sunday 5 February.
Guardiola: ‘His numbers are incredible’
Haaland’s numbers are catching the attention of the football world. The 22-year-old Norwegian striker He scored 25 goals in just 19 games in his first Premier League season leading Tottenham’s Harry Kane by ten goals, who with one more game has 15 goals.
Former Borussia Dortmund scored his fourth hat-trick on Sunday against Wolverhampton in addition to those made against Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, reaching the record of Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took 65 games to reach this mark .
He has also already surpassed a historic man like Cristiano Ronaldo who scored three hat-tricks during his time in England. Moreover, with his 25 goals, he has already passed twelve Golden Boots in the English league , including the last four, and tied four more with 18 games remaining. Also, since he came to the citizens, He scored 31 goals in 26 games in all kinds of competitions.
In this sense, his coach at City, Pep Guardiola, pointed out that “Haaland lives 24 hours a day for his work, for his passion and loves football. He doesn’t stress much. He’s stable and has fantastic players putting the balls in for it. His numbers are incredible.” .
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