Manchester City 4-2 Crystal Palace: Erling Haaland scores hat-trick as champions fight back from 2-0 down

A fantastic second half hat-trick from Erling Haaland helped Manchester City recover from two goals down against Crystal Palace to secure a dramatic 4-2 comeback victory at the Etihad Stadium to go top of the Premier League. Palace took four points off Pep Guardiola’s side last season, and the Eagles took the lead in this fixture once again after just four minutes. Ad John Stones put the ball into his own net from an Ebere Eze free-kick to give the visitors the advantage.

Things went from bad to worse for City just fifteen minutes later, as Joachim Andersen doubled Palace’s lead with a towering header from a corner. Premier LeagueGuardiola: Bernardo is staying at Man CityYESTERDAY AT 13:46 Going down by two goals yet again meant that City had been behind by that margin in four of their last six league games. Crucially, however, the Citizens had not lost any of those previous matches.

Then, early on into the second half, they had a goal back courtesy of Bernardo Silva, who finished low into the net from the edge of the area. The comeback was on. City completed the comeback ten minutes later, as Haaland took his first chance of the game to head in Phil Foden’s cross beyond Vicente Guaita at the far post.

The Norwegian then had his brace in the 70th minute, as he scored an easy-tap in after some slick one-touch play in the box to put his side in front. Haaland then capped off a superb afternoon at the Etihad Stadium for his side with his third of the game in the 81st minute, as he latched onto a through pass by Ilkay Gundogan to finish well into the corner to secure a famous hat-trick for City in just his fifth competitive match for his new club. Premier League table Premier League fixtures/results Premier League top