Erling Haaland’s latest double covered a poor mistake from Gianluigi Donnarumma as Manchester City beat Bournemouth 3-1 on Sunday to lift them into second place in the Premier League.
Haaland converted one-on-one chances in the 17th and 33rd minutes after parrying the passes of the impressive Rayan Cherki and moved on to his 13th goal of the season, more than twice as many as any other player. Haaland is robot celebration After the first goal.
Between these goals, Donnarumma attempted to punch clear an in-swinging corner kick, but misjudged and smashed the ball in front of himself, allowing Bournemouth to equalize. American midfielder Tyler Adams slotted the ball home and Donnarumma was booked for complaining too much about being fouled.
That mistake would be nothing more than a footnote in the latest article. harland showThe Norwegian striker has scored 26 goals in 16 games for club and country this season. He has scored two goals in each of his last four home appearances in the Premier League.
Homegrown left-back Nico O’Reilly netted City’s third goal in the 60th minute, replacing Bournemouth in second place and becoming Arsenal’s closest challengers.
Arsenal, aiming for their first league title since 2004, defeated Burnley 2-0 on Saturday, leaving them six points behind after 10 games.
I had to wait for a long time
West Ham fans have been waiting eight months for a home win in the Premier League.
Victory finally came after a struggling team rallied to beat Newcastle 3-1 for their second win of the season.
Newcastle opened the scoring in the fourth minute through Jacob Murphy, seconds after Jarrod Bowen hit the opposition goalpost, but it did nothing to underline the visitors’ poor performance.
Instead, West Ham became more and more involved in the game, and after Lucas Paqueta equalized in the 35th minute with a long-range shot that curled inside the near post, Newcastle defender Sven Botman put his body on the line to block the cross, but it was only in first-half stoppage time that he succeeded in diverting the ball into his own net.
West Ham added their third goal in added time in the second half through substitute Tomas Soucek.
West Ham’s last home win was against Leicester on February 27th.
Although the team remained in the relegation zone, they moved up to third place from last place, ahead of Nottingham Forest. Forest were the only team West Ham had previously beaten this season.
West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo has scored just one point in his first four games since replacing Graham Potter.
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