Manchester
City
caught up in the
Premier League
and did so with the (almost) always formula: assist from Argentine
Julián Álvarez
and goal from Norwegian
Erling Haaland
for the tight 1-0 victory against
Brentford
to reach 56 points , one below
Liverpool
(57) and one above
Arsenal
(55) in a championship finale that is expected to be exciting.
Haaland,
the tournament's top scorer with
17 goals in 25 games,
was the author of the only goal, which served to camouflage the lack of effectiveness that
Pep Guardiola
's team had during the night in Manchester.
The 23-year-old Norwegian, one of the great stars of European football, stood hand in hand in front of the goalkeeper to define a counterattack that began with a clearance from
Julián Álvarez
at the height of the central circle.
And it didn't fail.
Thus he reached the brutal figure of
53 goals in 54 games in the Premier.
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GOAL: HAALAND OPENS THE SCORING FOR CITY!!
Manchester City 1-0 Brentfordpic.twitter.com/XxsfWlkKHe
— CentreGoals.
(@centregoals) February 20, 2024
In this way, City, current champion of England, Europe and the world, remains undefeated this year with eight wins and only one draw, last Saturday against Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea, which included among its starters Enzo Fernandez.
The
Citizens
are one of the best teams in European football, if not the best of all, but they had to work to overcome Brentford, which is 14th with 25 points and five from relegation.
He accumulated situations in front of the rival goal, but could not take the advantage.
The clearest was 39 minutes into the first half, when defender Ben Mee saved a shot from Oscar Bobb on the line that was destined for a goal.
Ben Mee and a SAVE on the line that counts as a goal for Brentford against Manchester City.
😳🏴 pic.twitter.com/ML3el9kzIO
— Ataque Futbolero (@AtaqueFutbolero) February 20, 2024
Pep's team accumulated 25 shots, of which 11 went on goal, and Haaland finally made it 1-0 at 26' of the second half.
Then, at the end came the Android's double, but it was canceled by Kyle Walker's
offside
in the previous action.
The match summary