Manchester City Vs Everton: Erling Haaland brought an end to his goal drought in the Premier League as he scored his league goal in 77 days in a 2-0 victory over Everton. Haaland, who had not scored a Premier League goal since November 2023, was still the highest goal scorer in the league with 14 goals and now with a brace against Everton, he has taken his league tally to 16 goals and 21 goals in all competitions this season.
With this brace, Haaland has netted 51 goals in 50 Premier League starts and is slowly becoming a legend of the league, as the Norweigan continues to shatter records after records and did register one on Saturday as well.
Manchester City Vs Everton - Match Report
Manchester City has been on a perfect note since the turn of the calendar year as 2024 as seen Pep Guardiola's side register 10 wins out of 10 fixtures in all competitions this season. The Cityzens were hopeful of seeing Haaland finally break his drought but an average showing in a goalless first half started disappointing the City faithful.
The second half saw few changes as Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, and Bernardo Silva were brought into the action few minutes into the second half. Constant pressure from City couldn't break Everton's resilience until the 71st minute, as Nathan Ake provided a scrappy assist Erling Haaland to breach the defence of the visitors' defence.
A deflated and tired Everton tried to press up the field and maintain a high line but legendary midfielder Kevin De Bruyne continued his excellent form since returning from injury, as the Belgian assisted Haaland for his second goal in the 85th minute, as Man City won 2-0 and are now top of the table.