No Haaland 4-1, Manchester City Makes Statement at Etihad.Manchester City hosted Liverpool at Etihad stadium on a EPL Early Kick off match at Etihad stadium today at 12:30 (GMT). Being on a fool’s Day, it is sarcastic that M. Salah found the back of the net seventeen minutes immediately after kick off. Only for Manchester city to turn it to 2-1 in less than Fifty minutes of the game.
After Mohamed Salah Connected a pass from Diogo Jota on the 17th minute, many football fans thought that Liverpool came to Etihad for a win. However, Within ten minutes after the red’s Goal Julian Alvarez Scored for Man city to Cancel the Liverpool’s lead proving Liverpool fans that today was a Fool’s Day and they had only fooled Salah to score first.
The Absence of Haaland on this game was not Felt as Alvarez was in to do what Haaland does best. On 46th Minute, Kelvin Debruyne Scored the second goal to put Liverpool behind.
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Liverpool’s hope for a come back was completely cancelled by Ilkay Gundogan on the 53th minute when he scored the third goal for Man city after connecting a cross from Riyad Mahrez. Pressure was mounted on Liverpool to an extent of starting to defend to prevent conceding more gaols rather than struggling to come back.
Manchester City looked more thirty for goals as they increased their attacking power and on the 74th Minute Jack Grealish scored the fourth goal making it 4-1 . This made Liverpool’s Fool’s Day dark as the hope for come back Never existed anymore.
This Massive win for Manchester City has narrowed the gap between the Citizens and Arsenal from Eight points to five points. Having not played one game Arsenal are the league leaders with 69 points while Man city are the second with 64 points
Not Haaland 4-1 Manchester City Makes Statement at Etihad.Photo Courtesy
It is thus clear that EPL battle is still on and one of the two could win the league. If Arsenal lose two games and draw one game Manchester city will be on top of the table provided that they win all their remaining matches. However, this is not an easy task as they need to be fully focused for them to win all the remaining games.
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