Haaland And De Bruyne Back In Tandem As City Keeps The Pressure On Liverpool In EPL Title Race – News18

Watch out, Premier League. The competitors’s most deadly attacking mixture is again in tandem.

Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne — each just lately again from lengthy harm absences — linked up for the clinching aim in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday in what can be a worrying sight for the defending champions’ rivals.

Liverpool remained in first place after a 3-1 victory over Burnley however City is ominously positioned on the chief’s shoulder, two factors behind with a recreation in hand, and with its famous person attackers again within the groove.

Make it 12 occasions that De Bruyne has arrange Haaland for a aim since they began taking part in collectively firstly of final season following the striker’s transfer to England. No different Premier League partnership has delivered that many targets on this interval.

And there was one thing so conversant in the best way De Bruyne collected the ball in middle-discipline and slid in Haaland, who bundled his marker off the ball and opened his physique to steer dwelling a end within the eighty fifth minute. It was Haaland’s second of the sport, after breaking Everton’s cussed resistance within the 71st by pouncing on a unfastened ball following a nook.

City has gained six video games in a row within the league, and 10 straight in all competitions.

Still, Liverpool is holding sturdy on the prime, with Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez — the beginning entrance three whereas Mohamed Salah is out injured — all scoring at Anfield. Vincent Kompany, the Man City nice accountable for Burnley, couldn’t do his outdated membership a favor.

Liverpool bounced again from solely its second league loss this season, at Arsenal final weekend, although there is perhaps considerations over the health of Trent Alexander-Arnold after he got here off at halftime, when the rating was 1-1.

Son Heung-min marked his return from Asian Cup obligation with South Korea by organising Brennan Johnson for the stoppage-time winner as Tottenham beat Brighton 2-1. In different outcomes, Fulham beat Bournemouth 3-1, Ivan Toney scored once more as Brentford gained 2-0 at Wolverhampton and final-place Sheffield United gained for simply the third time this season, 3-1 at relegation rival Luton.

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