At the end of the suspense.
Manchester City almost lost points in the race for the English title but did indeed win this Saturday afternoon at home against Fulham FC.
The Citizens entered the game perfectly, outrageously dominating their opponents of the day, and opened the scoring in the sixteenth minute of play, through Julián Álvarez, on a magnificent strike with the right foot, following a marvelous passes through İlkay Gündoğan's space.
Pep Guardiola's men thought they had done the hardest part.
But football is never certain.
As proof, on the Cottagers' first foray into the opposing area, João Cancelo hit Harry Wilson on the shoulder.
The Welshman, somewhat jostled in the back, collapsed.
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referee of the meeting did not hesitate and designated the penalty spot.
He also decided to exclude the Portuguese, believing that he deliberately sought to destroy an obvious goal action.
Andreas Pereira took charge of the penalty and converted it, allowing his team to equalize shortly before the half-hour mark (28th).
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Even in numerical inferiority, Manchester City did not deny its principles of play and sought to attack to score.
And with the entry into play of Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, the Mancunians managed to obtain new clear chances.
The Norwegian also found the net a quarter of an hour from the end of regulation time but his goal was finally canceled for an offside position at the start of the center of Kevin De Bruyne (74th).
The meeting then seemed to be heading for a draw.
However, in the final moments of added time, Antonee Robinson mowed Kevin De Brune's foot in the penalty area, resulting in a penalty ... and a match point for the Citizens.
Erling Haaland took responsibility...and transformed it,
giving the three points to his team.
On the string.
With this success, Manchester City (re) temporarily takes the lead in the Premier League.
Fulham misses a point and drops, for the moment, in eighth position.
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