This Friday, the 11th, Manchester City visited Burnley, for the first round of the Premier League, and won by 3-0, with two goals from Haaland and one from Rodri
This Friday, the 11th, the burnley received the manchester cityin a match valid for the 1st round of the Premier League. The confrontation pitted the current champion of the competition against the winner of the English second division. With a show of haalandthe team Pep Guardiola won with ease, by the score of 3 to 0.
With just three minutes to go, Manchester City gave the welcome card to Burnley. After crossing the penalty area, Rodri scored a header to find Haaland, who had not scored in five games. However, the Norwegian did not waste it and left this “bad phase” behind, finishing from first to the bottom of the goal.
After being behind on the scoreboard, Burnley tried to impose their game, making it difficult for the Citizens to leave the ball. Even with difficulties, the home team managed to disrupt the life of Guardiola’s team, but it did not help much. At 35′, Alvarez adjusted for Haaland, who didn’t even need to dominate to finish in the corner and score his second goal of the match. Interval! 2 to 0.
On the way back to the second stage, Burnley had to chase the result, but they also couldn’t expose themselves too much so as not to have the defense leaked again. In this way, the home team managed to have more dominance in the confrontation, but it is very difficult to convert opportunities against the current Premier League champion.
So, at 30′, after confusion inside the small area, the ball was left free for Rodri, who kicked hard to fill the net and further extend the Citizens’ advantage. Thus, it was enough for Manchester City to manage the match for the Premier League debut to be decreed with a good victory. End of the game! 3 to 0.
Source: sportbuzz
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