Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored twice to extend his Premier League goal tally this season to nine goals in four contests.
Manchester City overcame a 23-second deficit to defeat Brentford and maintain their unbeaten record. Erling Haaland now has nine Premier League goals overall after scoring twice.
After Ederson and John Stones mishandled a nod-back from Keane Lewis-Potter, visiting forward Yoane Wissa scored the fastest goal of the season in the top flight by heading into an empty net from close range.
After Kevin de Bruyne was tackled inside the Brentford box, the ball was loose, but Haaland drove it home to calm the nerves of a reeling City.
The Norwegian was competing even though a close friend passed away in the middle of the week. Just before halftime, he scored another goal after outpacing Ethan Pinnock to get to Ederson’s long punt forward.
Haaland came dangerously close to becoming the first player to score three consecutive hat-tricks since 1946 and just the fifth player in English Premier League history.
He was almost there. Mark Flekken, the Brentford keeper, deflected one goal-bound attempt over the crossbar. Then, out of instinct, Haaland struck the post with his first attempt but was unable to muster enough force to take the rebound into the net.
His father Alfie was watching from the stands, and manager Pep Guardiola chose not to take him off the field despite the fact that the crowd was clearly cheering for him. On Wednesday, his team’s Champions League campaign got underway with a rematch of the 2023 final against Inter Milan, where Haaland had to settle for a draw.
In Haaland, fire season is upon us.
As injury time elapsed, Haaland was formally crowned the team’s man of the match.
His total appearances for City are now 99, having made 103 so far. In the Premier League, his ratio is higher than one per match.
To put that into context, Sergio Aguero, the club’s all-time great striker, needed 390 games to reach 260 goals. At this rate, Haaland will catch up to the Argentine in three seasons.
The other thing is that, in a day like today, his ability to create goals out of nothing is very valuable.
brand-new arrival Savinho seems like a serious danger. However, even though he put himself in a few great positions, he was unable to convert.
It is been claimed that Haaland occasionally restricts City’s movement and does not raise the group’s general effectiveness. But he also makes sure they win games that they could lose, which in this case they probably would have if he had not taken personal responsibility.
It went farther than Haaland. Furthermore, Jack Grealish appeared to be coming back with a clever move that required Flekken to make a long-range low save. One week away from a matchup against old rivals Arsenal, Rodri made his season debut as a second-half substitute, with Phil Foden starting on the bench.
However, Haaland accepted the honors, which seemed appropriate considering the personal grief he has been dealing with this
