With a celebration of Julian Alvarezbut with the stellar performance of Erling Haaland, Manchester City thrashed 5-1 Wolverhampton and was one point away from Arsenalwho has one more match, in the gripping fight to determine the champion of the Premier League.
The cast led by Pep Guardiola He started his game with some pressure for Arsenal’s early 3-0 victory against Bournemouth. City started their game 4 points behind the Londoners, but this mattered little to the devastating Haaland, who was dispatched with a poker in 54 minutes.
Haaland’s numbers at Manchester City are impossible to match: scored 88 goals in 94 games. Yes, almost a goal per game. This Saturday was his first poker, although he already has 2 re-pokers, 6 hat-tricks and 13 doubles.
With the four shouts, the Norwegian reached 25 goals in the championship and it seems that no one will be able to reach him at the top of the scoring table: they follow him Cole Palmer y Alexander Isakboth with 20. Although it is still far from the 36 he scored last season and which is a record in England.
Haaland converted three in the first half – two from a penalty and the remaining one with a header in which he jumped as if he were an NBA player – and one at 9 minutes into the complement. Then, he came out in the 82nd minute and left his place for Julián Álvarez, As soon as he entered he screamed to spread differences: He received inside the area and defined a left-footed cross.
For the one born in Calchín and world champion in Qatar it was also a special game: He reached 100 games for Manchester City and scored his 35th goal (he also delivered 17 assists and won 5 titles).
“Erling has gone back to doing what he knows how to do. On penalties he is a guarantee, but the other two goals were incredible,” Guardiola said after the game. And he continued: “I don’t think we can tie in the game we have pending because Arsenal has a more important goal difference than ours. They have been playing in a good and consistent way. We have three games left, I hope we win the first and the second and that we reach the third with our destiny in our own hands“.
On the next day, Manchester City will visit Fulham on Saturday and on Sunday Arsenal will go to Old Trafford to face Manchester United. Meanwhile, Guardiola’s team’s pending duel will be away against Tottenham on Tuesday, May 14.
