Assist by Julián Álvarez and goal by Haaland: the formula for Manchester City’s victory that set the Premier League on fire

He Manchester City reached the premier league and he did it with the (almost) usual formula: assist from the Argentine Giuliano Alvarez and goal from the Norwegian Erling Haaland for the narrow 1-0 win against Brentford to reach 56 points, one below the Liverpool (57) and one above Arsenal (55) in a championship finale that promises to be exciting.

Haaland, the scorer of the tournament with 17 goals in 25 dates, he was the author of the only goal, which served to disguise the team’s lack of effectiveness Pep Guardiola had during the Manchester night. The 23-year-old Norwegian, one of the great stars of European football, stood hand in hand in front of the goalkeeper to define a counterattack that began with a clearance Giuliano Alvarez at the height of the central circle. And he didn’t fail. She thus arrived at the brutal figure of 53 goals in 54 games for the Premier League.

Thus City, the current champion of England, Europe and the world, remains unbeaten this year with eight wins and only one draw, last Saturday against Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea, which had Enzo Fernandez among its starters.

THE Citizens They are one of the best teams in European football, if not the best of all, but they had to work to overcome Brentford, who are 14th with 25 points and five from relegation. He accumulated situations in front of the rival goal, but was unable to take advantage of them. The clearest was in the 39th minute of the first half, when defender Ben Mee saved Oscar Bobb’s shot on the goal line.

Pep’s team accumulated 25 shots, of which 11 went on target, and Haaland finally made it 1-0 in the 26th minute of the second half. Then finally the Android double arrived, but it was cancelled out side by Kyle Walker in the previous play.

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