Premier League: Manchester City 3-1 Burnley won 8 consecutive wins to rise to 2nd Little Spider Birthday Night Double Haaland returns
In a key match in the 22nd round of the English Premier League that ended in the early morning of February 1, Beijing time, Manchester City swept Burnley 3-1 at home. In the first half, Alvarez completed a double on his 24th birthday night, with De Bruyne and Nunes providing assists. In the second half, Foden set up Rodri to seal the win, Haaland returned from injury to come off the bench and Dashile pulled one back in stoppage time. Manchester City is unbeaten in 11 games in all competitions and has won 8 in a row, including 4 consecutive league wins, and has 46 points in 1 game after 22 rounds, temporarily 5 points behind the leader Liverpool.
【Key Focus】
In the 16th minute, Nunez's cross from the right side was blocked, and the ball was crossed again in the second time, and Alvarez scored with a header in front of the goal, Manchester City 1-0 Burnley!
In the 22nd minute, De Bruyne quickly drove a set-piece and chose a low flat ball straight into the net, Alvarez followed up and shot into the net, Manchester City 2-0 Burnley!
It was also De Bruyne's 104th in the Premier League, and he has overtaken Wayne Rooney to take third place in the Premier League's all-time assists list. In front of De Bruyne, only Ryan Giggs and Cesc Fabregas remained.
Alvarez became the 10th player in Premier League history to score a brace on his birthday, and the youngest player to do so.
In the opening 27 seconds of the second half, Foden crossed to the top of the arc from the right, and Rodri scored a long shot at the top of the arc, Manchester City 3-0 Burnley!
In the 90+3rd minute, David Fofana shook Gvardiol and swept in front of the goal, Ederson failed to confiscate the ball in front of the goal, Aidashir in front of the goal easily pushed into the net, Burnley pulled one back, and the score was rewritten to 3-1!
【Wonderful Playback】
In the 7th minute, De Bruyne's free-kick hit the goal directly and the ball hit Brownhill high over the crossbar.
In the 35th minute, Gvardiol cut in and fired wide of the far post.
In the 39th minute, De Bruyne's free-kick was blocked, and the linesman raised the flag to signal that Nunes was offside.
In the 70th minute, Haaland came off the bench to replace De Bruyne, and finally returned after two months of injury.
In the 75th minute, a clash broke out between the two sides, and replay footage showed that after Ederson confiscated the ball, Burnley's Roberts pushed Stones, and Ederson and Lewis got into a verbal altercation with him, and the two sides pushed and shoved again.
In the 84th minute, Haaland won the ball in the box and fired a left-footed shot into the goal, and soon after he nodded the ball from behind, which also went wide.
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【Lineup】
Man City starters: 31-Ederson, 82-Lewis, 5-Stones, 6-Ake, 24-Gvardiol, 16-Rodri (87'8-Kovacic), 27-Nunez, 47-Foden (77'10-Grealish), 17-De Bruyne (71'9-Haaland), 11-Doku, 19-Alvarez (87'21-Sergio Gomez)
Subs not used: 18-Ortega, 2-Walker, 3-Ruben Dias, 20-B, 52-Bob
Burnley starters: 1-Trafford, 2-O'Shea, 7-Gudmundsson (59'14-Connor Roberts), 8-Brownhill, 16-Berg, 17-Foster (59'23-David Fofana), 18-Ekdal (86'42-Massengo), 22-Vitinho, 25-Amdouni (59'21-Aaron Ramsey), 28-Dahiller, 47-Odobel (76'19-Anas Zarouri)
Subs not used: 49 Alijanit Muric, 4 Jack Cork, 24 Josh Cullen, 34 Bullen Larsson