Premier League – At the end of the suspense: A goal in 90 + 5 from Haaland frees City and puts pressure on Arsenal

The resounding return of his cyborg and the happiness of City! Pep Guardiola and his men, who were down to ten, were hot on Saturday against Fulham, struggled during the 15th day of the Premier League, but were able to snatch the win on the wires thanks to a penalty from Erling Haaland who returned with injury. (2-1).

And soon substitute Julian Alvarez opened the scoring (16), but the match changed by sending Joao Cancelo and kick by Andreas Pereira (28). City temporarily move to the top of the standings, pending the confrontation between Arsenal and Chelsea on Sunday.

If Haaland, who came back from injury, started off the bench, his teammates flew over the start of the game against the guests withdrawn in defense and unable to get the ball out properly. It must be said that the Cottages were deprived of the usual serial scorer Alexander Mitrovich, a victim of ankle pain and a last-minute bundle.

Double the penalty for Cancelo

Without their Serbian dragon, only Marco Silva’s men suffered and their guard Bernd Leno had to work (3, 9). However, the former Arsenal goalkeeper couldn’t do anything when Ilkay Gundogan fired a powerful shot in the race that went to stay under the bar (1-0, 16). And it seemed that the Citizens team was heading towards achieving wide and quiet success after this third goal this season in the league through their Argentine striker. But nothing happened as expected.

After a logically John Stones goal was denied by Rodri’s offside, Fulham launched their first attack of the match and dealt significant damage. It is clear that Cancelo turned Harry Wilson who was going to challenge Ederson at the entrance to the truth area and the referee M England fired a penalty kick but he sent off the Portuguese defender (26). Andreas Pereira, former Manchester United, necessarily changed the penalty and changed the face of the match (1-1, 28).

False joy then released Haaland

On the edge of the pitch, Guardiola initially did not want to change his plans in the face of the still very passive visitors to London. In numerical inferiority, his men logically struggled to attack even if Jack Grealish (45th place) and Manuel Akanji (45+1) caused Leno to shiver. The Mancunians remained in control of the ball while Marco Silva’s players chose to wait for a potential foul on the counter-attack.

Haaland and Foden (64th) played while Kevin De Bruyne continued to make a huge impact. In the left corner of the opponent’s area, the Belgian’s right-footed cross from the Norwegian ended up in the net, but the VAR refused the goal in the end because of the millimeter offside (74). Everything was possible at the end of an interesting match.

Excellent De Bruyne remained clear until the end and caused an error in Anthony Robinson’s area for a penalty kick in overtime (90 + 3). Haaland got the ball, and despite the pressure and landing from Leno on the right side, he scored and the Al Ittihad crowd flipped happily (2-1, 90 + 5). The former Dortmund player now has 18 league goals this season. This allows Manchester City to continue his perfect home run with his seventh victory in the most matches and above all to put pressure on Arsenal, who will have to win to regain his throne.