With two new goals against Brentford, the Norwegian brought Manchester City their fourth victory in the Premier League
In the opening month, he was followed by Liverpool; no one is on his heels anymore. Manchester City remains the only team in the Premier League with a perfect performance even after four rounds, since after returning from the representative break, they defeated Brentford with great difficulty at the Etihad 2:1 (2:1). We will never know whether it would be like this without Erling Haaland in the team, but the Norwegian striker once again showed that he is hungrier than ever and indicated that, if he continues at this pace, he will break great records this competitive year…
In his debut season in the Premier League, he set the record for the number of goals (36), and this year he could break it. After four rounds, they already have nine—more than all the other teams in the Premier League!—and if the goalpost hadn’t gotten in the way of him at the end of today’s game, he would have already reached double figures. The Premier League does not remember such a pace. 13 years ago, Wayne Rooney started furiously, scoring eight goals in the opening four matches, but Haaland also sent him into history… In the middle of the first half, he equalized with the legend of Manchester United; ten minutes later, he passed him, and it was easy towards the end of the meeting to reach the third tied hat-trick in the championship…
To make everything even more incredible, Haaland was under question for private reasons. Since his close family friend passed away, there was a question as to whether he would be mentally ready. Pep Guardiola said at the conference before the match that he would make a decision on the day of the match, and the 24-year-old center-forward finally decided to go on the field from the first minute. . And in the end, he was a man of decision.
The champion of England did not shine. Pep Guardiola’s team, without any doubt, played the weakest game since the beginning of the season; they conceded a goal after only 22 seconds of the game—Ian Visa punished a cardinal mistake by John Stones—and if not for Ederson ten minutes later, Brentford could have doubled the lead. Fortunately for the host, the Brazilian net keeper saved Nathan Collins’ header after a corner kick and thus allowed Haaland to turn the score around on the other side… And literally, since it was Ederson who assisted him on City’s leading goal after half an hour of play. !
Ederson sent a characteristic long ball across the “entire field,” Haaland carried Ethan Pinnock on his back, and then “poked” the running Mark Flecken. Previously, in the 19th minute, he demonstrated an excellent goal-scoring flair and sent one nobody’s ball with his back to the goal ‘first’ from a turn into the far corner… Even then, Pinnock hung around the former Dortmund striker; maybe he thought he had him, but the Norwegian was impossible to save this season. And when you think it’s under lock and key, it finds a way to harm you, like Doctor Hannibal Lecter in the cult film ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ to his guards.