Television cameras kept focusing on Kevin De Bruyne as Man City and Brentford were tied at the 71st minute at Etihad Stadium. The Belgian star will not be allowed to participate, though, according to coach Pep Guardiola.
Man Ciy made an outstanding transition from home pitch right away.
Julian Alvarez broke free from a counterattack, allowing Erling Haaland to use his strength to complete the game and defeat goalie Mark Flekken, bringing the score to 1-0.
Man City’s goal came on their 21st attempt from the start of the game. Haaland has let up goals to 21 different teams in his Premier League career. In addition to breaking the scoreless drought against Brentford, the Norwegian striker amassed amazing stats by scoring against every Premier League opponent he has faced.
“In the history of the Premier League, there have only been 2 strikers who faced 3 or more clubs and scored against all of them, those are Harry Kane (32/32 teams) and Haaland (21/21 teams)” , Opta said of the win. Haaland’s output.
Haaland gave up 21 teams; MU is his preferred “prey” as the former Dortmund player
Haaland gave up 21 teams; MU is his preferred “prey” among the former Dortmund player.
Man City’s ball-handling skills were superb after they scored. With no ball to play with, Brentford truly wanted to fight back. The “Bees” were on the verge of giving up following Phil Foden’s shots.
When Man City produced really amazing stats like a 70% ball possession rate and 25 shots, 11 of which were on target, they deserved to win.
The only thing keeping the away team from losing badly to the reigning Premier League champions was the skill of custodian Flekken.
Man City moved to second place in the Premier League with 56 points, one point behind Liverpool, after winning three of their games at home.
