2023-05-01 01:27:06
Craven Cottage has witnessed the duel between Fulham and Manchester City. Guardiola’s men arrived in London with the obligation to win the match to put the league on its face, and they did not disappoint.
Mark Silva lined up Bernd Leno in goal; Kenny Tete, Tosin Adarabioyo, Tim Ream y Antonee Robinson in the rear; Harrison Reed y João Palhinha as mediocentros; Harry Wilson, Andreas Pereira and Bobby de Cordova-Reid as midfielders; and Carlos Vinicius at the point of attack. Issa Diop, Tom Cairney, Solomon Manor, Sasha Lukić y Daniel James they came on as substitutes.
On the other hand, Guardiola presented an 11 with Ederson under sticks; Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias y Kyle Walker in defense; Rodri and John Stones as mediocenters; Jack Grealish y Riyad Mahrez in the bands; Ilkay Gundogan and Julián Álvarez in the playmaker; and Erling Haaland in the front.
Haaland and Julián to the rescue
The match began with Guardiola’s men pressing the rival, as is customary. Posing forward pressure and looking for Fulham’s mistake. An error that came in minute two, when Grealish received the ball on the edge of the area, put a cross to the far post where Mahrez, first, passed the ball to Julián Álvarez. The Argentine, as soon as he received the ball, collided with Tim Ream, fell inside the area and the referee awarded a penalty. Haaland converted the penalty and opened the scoring for the match, making his 34th goal of the season.
The game continued to go to the Sky Blues, who looked as if they were going to score the secondespecially after several arrivals in the rival area of Cityzen attackers, such as Grealish, Haaland, or Gundogan, who came from the second line.
Although the dominance of Manchester City was remarkable, Fulham never gave up and, in the 15th minute, Harry Wilson extended with his head a long ball of Andreas Pereira from left wing, Carlos Vinicius was the recipient of the pass and, after a chest check, the Brazilian striker shot a volley with his left leg, making the match tie at one.
After Fulham’s goal, Manchester City were forced to score again for the win, therefore the three points, and overtake Arsenal in the standings. After several attempts, the person in charge of scoring the second and final goal for the visitors was Julián Álvarez, who was already the protagonist in the first goal, causing the penalty. The former River Plate player received the ball in the three-quarter zone, managed to get away from two defenders with a cut and, with a powerful but precise shot, managed to slip the ball inside the three sticks.
The match ended with victory for Guardiola’s men thanks to goals from Haaland and Julián Álvarez, who acted as saviors despite the scare with the Fulham goal. The Cityzens come out of Craven Cottage with three gold points that mean overtaking Arsenal in the standings and putting the title of Premier League face the lack of six parties.
In his first season with the Manchester City, the striker from Borussia Dortmund He already has 34 goals in the Premier League, equaling Andy Cole’s highest goal mark in a Premier League season and Alan Shearer, who also scored 34, in the 93/94 and 94/95 seasons, respectively. The differential detail between the brand of Shearer and Cole compared to that of Haaland, is that the former managed to score 34 goals in a 42-game season, while currently the Premier League It consists of 38, of which Haaland has played 30.
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