Haaland's comeback staged a funny scene Manchester City waited for half a year for three words

In the early morning of February 1, Beijing time, the 22nd round of the English Premier League staged a key battle, the defending champion Manchester City defeated promoted Burnley 3-1 at home, won 4 consecutive wins in the Premier League and 8 consecutive wins in all competitions, and beat Arsenal to return to the second place in the standings with 1 game less. Alvarez, who is celebrating his 24th birthday, scored twice and Rodri opened the second half with a blitz. Norwegian centre-forward Erling Haaland returned to action after 56 days, but he had a bye and staged a hilarious scene. Still, Manchester City's re-fullness after half a year was shocking.

In his pre-match press conference, Pep Guardiola revealed the news of Haaland's return. Facing Burnley led by his disciple Kompany, Pep Guardiola opted to put the Norwegian centre-forward on the bench, with Alvarez continuing to start as a centre-forward. In the opening 15 minutes, Mateus Nunes crossed from the right and the little spider scored with an easy header. Seven minutes later, De Bruyne took a free-kick straight through and Alvarez knew how to push forward to complete the brace. In the first half, Manchester City led 2-0.

At the start of the second half, Foden set up Rodri for a lightning goal as City extended their lead to 3-0. Seeing that the victory was in hand, Pep Guardiola waved the flag and Haaland came on to replace De Bruyne. Grealish then came on to replace Foden. In the 82nd minute of the game, Haaland held the ball into the penalty area, and after carrying the defender, he got up and shot and got a bye. The camera showed the Manchester City bench, Kovacic, B and others couldn't help laughing, and Haaland himself smiled helplessly.

Haaland then had another header on goal, but the ball didn't go back in and he almost went into the net. In this campaign, Haaland played 19 minutes and missed all 2 shots. Judging from his performance, he is obviously still a little stiff after a long absence, but he seems to be stronger than before, and he dares to make moves on the field. And the most important thing is that in this game, Manchester City finally ushered in the moment of full staff. The whole team is in a healthy state, and they have been waiting for half a year for the words "no injury".

In the first round of the Premier League this season, Manchester City lost the core of the midfield, De Bruyne, and at the beginning of December last year, Haaland was also exempted due to injury. Other players like Doku and John Stones have also suffered injuries. This also made Guardiola's line-up very difficult, so that in the Premier League games at home against Liverpool and away against Aston Villa, Manchester City relied on the starting 11 to play the whole game, which is unique in the Premier League this season. In the face of questions from fans on the sidelines, Guardiola's answer was also very simple: "Or you will command." ”

Now, Manchester City have finally survived the most difficult days, announcing the return of the king with a wave of eight consecutive wins in all competitions, and next, we will see the long-lost pudding connection. If all goes well, successfully defending the treble is not an extravagant hope.