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Haaland scores twice as Man City win at Crystal Palace. Video, 00:08:27Haaland scores twice as Man City win at Crystal Palace
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Reducing the gap at the top to two points again, City are showing they are likely to push the Gunners all the way.
Pep Guardiola’s side – top scorers in the division this season with 37 goals – have now won their last four league games by netting at least three times in each.
They owe much of that to having the ruthless Haaland at their disposal.
The Norway international
It was goal number 100 for Haaland on Tuesday, but goals 101 and 102 could have come just as easily.
He hit the post in both halves during a strong attacking display as he also chipped in with two assists.
Haaland leads the top flight’s scoring charts, having netted 15 times so far this season, with Brentford’s Igor Thiago the nearest challenger with 11 for the Bees.
Since joining from
Erling Haaland became the quickest player to reach 100 goals in Premier League history on a night when Manchester City ramped up pressure on leaders Arsenal by fending off Fulham’s impressive fightback.
Norway international Haaland got his landmark goal in the 17th minute of Tuesday’s game at Craven Cottage, firing in first time from Jeremy Doku’s cross.
It meant he reached the century in 111 league games, 13 fewer than
Manchester City prevailed in a nine-goal feast at Fulham thanks to the sort of attacking display that would normally have title rivals quaking in their boots.
Unfortunately for Pep Guardiola’s side, City’s defensive display will have had those same rivals sighing with relief.
City led 5-1 early in the second half after a 100th Premier League goal for Erling Haaland, a Phil Foden double, one from Tijjani Reijnders, and Sander
Alan Shearer – 260 (Blackburn Rovers 112, Newcastle United 148)
Harry Kane* – 213 (Tottenham Hotspur 213)
Wayne Rooney – 208 (Everton 25, Manchester United 183)
Mohamed Salah* – 190 (Chelsea 2, Liverpool 188)
Andy Cole – 187 (Newcastle United 43, Manchester United 93, Blackburn Rovers 27, Fulham 12, Manchester City 9, Portsmouth 3)
Sergio Aguero – 184 (Manchester City 184)
Frank Lampard – 177 (West Ham 24, Chelsea 147,
For many, the prolific Haaland has been a locked-in captain choice in the past few weeks, but I was willing to bet against him and consider alternatives in gameweek 12 with a trip to Newcastle.
That was until I saw how good City – and Haaland – were against Liverpool. Haaland continued his electric scoring form in the international break and it feels far too risky to back against him
Guardiola’s men were edged out at Villa for a third league loss of the campaign, raising concern over how much that setback would impact them.
But City have responded with back-to-back wins by despatching Swansea in the Carabao Cup in midweek and collecting three crucial points against a Bournemouth side that has impressed so far this season.
The hosts produced a stylish display to maintain their perfect record against their
Haaland scores twice to send Man City second. Video, 00:07:20Haaland scores twice to send Man City second
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Jean-Philippe Mateta
Star of the show in Saturday’s six-goal thriller at Selhurst Park was Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the in-form Frenchman scoring a hat-trick against Bournemouth which meant he hit the 50-goal involvement mark in the Premier League for the Eagles, courtesy of 43 goals and eight assists (51 in total).
The striker has scored two of Palace’s three Premier League hat-tricks, while courtesy of his late penalty strike, he was
