Erling Haaland scored his 100th Premier League goal on Tuesday as Manchester City overcame a stunning comeback from Fulham to move within two points of the top of the table.
Haaland is Fastest player to reach century mark He made his first appearance in the league with a 17th-minute opening goal in City’s 5-4 win over Craven Cottage. But a night of personal glory was almost ruined when Fulham came back from 5-1 down and came close to a painful equalizer in stoppage time when Josh King’s shot was cleared over the line.
“It’s not good enough, we all know that and we need to improve as a team,” Haaland told Sky Sports.
Haaland’s goal from close range was his 100th goal in 111 games. This saw him break England icon Alan Shearer’s record, taking 124 games to reach that benchmark.
Newcastle twice took the lead against Tottenham, but Cristian Romero scored his second goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time to draw the game 2-2. Jack Grealish scored the only goal of the match as Everton defeated Bournemouth 1-0.
City overcomes new fear
City’s victory closed the gap on leaders Arsenal, who host Brentford on Wednesday. However, it was also a game that exposed the weaknesses in the defense of Josep Guardiola’s team.
city We took a two-goal lead at half-time against Leeds. Saturday – Needs Phil Foden’s stoppage-time winner to avoid dropping points.
It was a similar story against Fulham, with City leading 3-1 at half-time, with Tijani Lijnders and Foden adding to Haaland’s goals, and Emile Smith-Rowe pulling one back before half-time.
Foden scored his second goal early in the second half, and with less than an hour left, Sander Berge’s own goal looked to have put City in full control.
That was until Fulham hit back.
Alex Iwobi scored Fulham’s second goal with a low curling shot from outside the box. Samuel Chukwueze then scored twice in six minutes to create a tense finale.
Josko Gvardiol produced the decisive clearance that sealed City’s victory.
“You ask what happened and I don’t have an answer. It’s the Premier League, right?” Guardiola said.
Romero saves Spurs
Late in stoppage time, Romero came to the rescue of Tottenham at St James’ Park with an overhead kick.
After the home side dominated the first half, Newcastle took a 1-0 lead through Bruno Guimarães’ goal in the 71st minute.
Seven minutes later, Romero equalized with a header from the near post.
Newcastle took the lead again in the 86th minute with Anthony Gordon converting a penalty, but the drama was far from over.
Romero’s acrobatic shot wowed the home crowd, snatching a point from Spurs and preventing them from extending their run of points conceded to four games.
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe described the late equalizer as “heartbreaking”.
“We’ve had a similar experience this season in that we weren’t able to protect the lead at the end of the game and that’s something we have to reflect on,” he said.
Everton bounced back from their defeat to Newcastle with a win against Bournemouth on Saturday.
Grealish, on loan from Man City, scored his second goal of the season in the 78th minute.
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