Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City beat Leicester 3-1 to put more pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League
A maxim when taking on City at the Etihad might be “do not concede early” or they could then steamroll you. Sadly, the Foxes could not heed those words as first Stones and then Haaland beat Daniel Iversen before 15 minutes were gone.
This was after five minutes. Another eight had ticked by when Haaland beat Iversen from the spot to the keeper’s left. The penalty came after Jack Grealish’s cross hit Wilfred Ndidi’s arm in the area. Darren England said no to the appeals but the VAR ordered him to the pitchside screen and, on review, he changed his ruling. Haaland did the rest for a 14th goal in his past six outings, despite Iversen diving the correct way.
Ndidi once more was key. He shirked a 50-50 with Kevin De Bruyne after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s ball sold him a touch short. “I like he won this duel,” said Guardiola of the Belgian, who had then surged forward and rolled a precise pass into Haaland that allowed the striker to curve his run away from a defender before expertly sand-wedging a finish over Iversen.
Guardiola had restored Kyle Walker to the XI for the first time in a month and the right-back was sharp, intercepting one Dewsbury-Hall pass, roving along his flank to join the attack and covering smartly in the rare moments those in black moved anywhere close to Ederson’s goal. He and his teammates were in cruise control, toying with their opponents, deciding when to apply the throttle and when to ease off.
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