Manchester City Beat Brentford: The reigning champions of England were again all-business in Premier League as Manchester City complete a comeback victory against Brentford at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Erling Haaland's impressive form this season once again proved to be pivotal, as the Norwegian scored a first-half brace, which eventually proved to be the difference, as Pep Guardiola's men won the game 2-1.
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With the win, Manchester City have now recorded four successive Premier League wins this season, and in the process, hand Brentford their second defeat of the season, as The Bees could not capitalise on their early lead.
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The home side were left shell-shocked and so were their fans, as Brentford scored the fastest Premier League goal of the season, with them needing just 22 seconds to achieve a historic feat. With the goal, they handed Manchester City an unwanted record, as the Cityzens have now conceded the quickest ever goal at home in their Premier League history.
The early stutters did not affect Manchester City's positive intent, as both sides kept each other's defence on toes, but it was in the 19th minute the moment of difference came, as City's talisman, Erling Haaland, thumped in a beautiful effort off his weak foot on the half-volley first time to the left of the Brentford keeper.
Watch Erling Haaland's first goal:
The beautiful effort from Erling Haaland was followed by even more beautiful second goal, as Manchester City keeper Ederson attained a rare assist, as his ball met the Norwegian, who chipped his effort outside the box over the Brentford keeper to make it 2-1 in the 32nd minute, and at half-time, Manchester City walked in with a one-goal lead.
Watch Erling Haaland's second goal:
The second half saw both sides being frantic at the back, but the final third proved to be wasteful up front, as neither sides could capitalise on the number of chances presented. Erling Haaland missed out on a piece of history, as he was extremely unlucky in not getting his third goal of the evening, as if he had scored a hat-trick tonight, he would have become the first player in the history to score a hat-trick of Premier League hat-tricks (3 hat-tricks in 3 consecutive Premier League games).
Savinho, Kyle Walker, Josko Gvardiol, and Ilkay Gundogan, all came agonisingly close to score Manchester City's third goal of the day, but at the full-time whistle, it ended 2-1 in favour of the home side.