Kevin De-Bruyne Jack Grealish Erling Haaland Britain Manchester Norway Man Manchester City soccer English Premier League as Kevin De-Bruyne Jack Grealish Erling Haaland Britain Manchester Norway Man

Haaland straight back in the goals as Man City breeze past Leeds

news24.com

Erling Haaland lamented not scoring five times in the city of his birth as the Norwegian struck twice in Manchester City's 3-1 win at Leeds to lift them back up to second in the Premier League.Haaland spent his early years in Yorkshire as his father Alfe Inge played for Leeds, but showed no mercy as City got their title challenge back on track.Pep Guardiola's men moved to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the table as they bounced back from a shock defeat to Brentford before the World Cup.Haaland now has 20 Premier League goals in just 14 appearances since joining City, but was still left unsatisfied after failing to beat Illan Meslier with three one-on-ones."I could've scored five, that's the truth," Haaland told Amazon Prime."We win, that's the most important thing.

You see Arsenal at the top now, we have to hunt them, but for me as a striker, I could've scored a couple more."That's life, I have to practise more."Haaland should have made his mark inside 45 seconds as he was denied by a fine save from Meslier when clean through.That set the tone for a first half of frustration for City as a series of glorious chances came and went.Meslier won another battle with Haaland, while two glaring misses from Jack Grealish left Guardiola with his head in his hands.However, Leeds crucially failed to hold out until half-time on level terms as the visitors finally made their dominance count in first half stoppage time.Kevin De Bruyne opened up the Leeds defence for the opener and when Riyad Mahrez's shot was parried by Meslier, Rodri swept the rebound into the net.Grealish made some amends for his earlier misses by creating the second with a smart interception and unselfish pass for Haaland to roll into an empty net.The

Related News
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City must find a way to get Erling Haaland more involved after the Norway international was reduced to a peripheral role in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Manchester United.
Manchester City’s Dutch defender Nathan Ake (2L) vies with Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford (2R) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on January 14, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) /
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Marcus Rashford scored the winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 and go third in the Premier League in a thrilling finale at Old Trafford on Saturday. Both United goals came in the final 12 minutes as Erik ten Hag’s side moved to within one point of their local rivals in the table after inflicting a damaging blow to City’s hopes of retaining the title. Pep Guardiola’s men looked to be heading to victory when Jack Grealish came off the bench to head the visitors into the lead.
MANCHESTER, England : In-form Marcus Rashford scored a late winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat rivals Manchester City 2-1 on Saturday, a victory that moves them to within a point of the champions in the Premier League standings.
Manchester United full-back, Diogo Dalot, has been ruled out with the hamstring injury sustained in the Carabao Cup quarter-final win against Charlton Athletic, while Anthony Martial will be assessed due to a leg issue.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.