Last Updated: February 26, 2023, 07:18 IST
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates with teammates after scoring his aspect’s second aim in the course of the English Premier League soccer match between Bournemouth and Manchester City on the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, England, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
Haaland scored both aspect of Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden, with an own-goal by Chris Mepham wrapping up the scoring for City in opposition to Bournemouth as Pep Guardiola’s males stored tempo with league leaders Arsenal following their 1-0 win over Leicester
Erling Haaland has already taken considered one of Sergio Aguero’s scoring data for Manchester City.
At this price, absolutely extra will fall.
With considered one of City’s targets in a routine 4-1 win at Bournemouth on Saturday, Haaland made it 27 for the season within the English Premier League. That’s greater than any participant has scored in a single marketing campaign for City because the league began in 1992.
Aguero had the earlier highest whole of 26 in 2014-15, a part of his file all-time haul of 260 for City in all competitions.
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The scary factor about Haaland is that he nonetheless has 13 matches remaining within the league. He is closing in on Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah’s file haul of 32 in a 38-game season as effectively as the 34 of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer — achieved again when there have been 42 video games per season.
Haaland gained’t rating many simpler targets than his end from three meters at Vitality Stadium that helped City ease to a win to maintain on the shoulder of Arsenal within the title race.
Arsenal earlier gained at Leicester 1-0, a consequence that was extra resounding than the scoreline steered.
Arsenal stayed two factors away from second-placed City with a sport to spare.
There was extra motion on the backside of the standings, with victories for Leeds and West Ham lifting each groups out of the relegation zone and dropping Everton and Bournemouth into it.
EASY FOR ARSENAL
Arsenal appears to have gotten over its blip.
Since gathering one level from a three-game stretch that allow City again into the title race, Arsenal has gained back-to-back wins on the highway with supervisor Mikel Arteta saying the workforce has gone again to fundamentals.
Gabriel Martinelli scored the Forty sixth-minute winner at King Power Stadium, poking in a end after operating onto Leandro Trossard’s move. Trossard and Bukayo Saka had targets disallowed both aspect of Martinelli’s strike.
It constructed on the 4-2 win at Aston Villa final week.
“Sometimes the wave is created very far from the beach,” Arteta said. “Then it’s too late to avoid what is going to happen. We had to improve on those things and today we’ve done that really well.”
EASIER FOR CITY
Haaland scored either side of Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden, with an own-goal by Chris Mepham wrapping up the scoring for City against Bournemouth.
It is six consecutive matches without a clean sheet for Pep Guardiola’s team, however, after Jefferson Lerma’s 83rd-minute strike for the hosts.
LIVERPOOL HELD
After conceding five goals to Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek, Liverpool at least tightened up at the back in a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace.
Jurgen Klopp’s team was short of attacking inspiration, however, with Darwin Nunez out injured. Mohamed Salah curled a shot against the crossbar in a game of few real chances at Selhurst Park.
Liverpool moved up one place to seventh and is six points off the Champions League qualification positions with a game in hand.
WINNING START
Javi Gracia launched his Leeds reign with a 1-0 win over Southampton in a match between teams who started as the bottom two.
Junior Firpo scored in the 77th minute to secure Leeds’ first win since Dec. 26. Leeds jumped two places and out of the relegation zone, leaving Southampton rooted to last place and four points adrift of safety.
Bournemouth is in next-to-last place and on the same number of points as Everton, which was beaten at home by Aston Villa 2-0 thanks to goals by Ollie Watkins — who has scored in five straight games — and Emi Buendia.
West Ham started the day in third-to-last place but swept past Nottingham Forest with a 4-0 thrashing.
All of the goals came in the final 20 minutes, with Danny Ings scoring twice before Declan Rice and Michail Antonio added others.
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