2-0! Manchester City's gods returned to their positions, Haaland broke the 74-day goal drought + set 2 records, and pointed to the Premier League for 4 consecutive championships
The 2023/24 Premier League season continues, and for the defending champions Manchester City, after the run-in and adjustment in the first half of the season, Pep Guardiola welcomes back the strongest team, and the second half of the blue moon is back. In the early game of the 24th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City sat at home to face Everton, the two sides scored a goal in the first half, De Bruyne came off the bench in the second half to provide an assist, Haaland scored two goals to complete the goal drought, setting two records, Manchester City is aiming for four consecutive Premier League titles.
Manchester City were playing at home and Pep Guardiola made four changes to his starting line-up, setting up a 4-1-4-1 formation, with John Stones, Nunez, Doku and Akanji getting their chance to start. Up front, Erling Haaland was up front, with Doku, Alvarez and Foden Nunes in midfield, Rodri as a single midfielder, Akanji, John Stones, Ake, Dias, Kevin De Bruyne, Bench B and Gvardiol on the bench.
The Premier League for the fans of the Far East of Asia, the game will be arranged at 14:30 local time in the United Kingdom, which has a greater impact on the state of the players, after the start of the game, although Manchester City occupies possession on the field, leading the attack, but in the absence of De Bruyne and B seat after the two major leads, the efficiency of the attack is not high, only blossoming and fruitless, but in the 14th minute, there was a mistake in the backline, Akanji's pass was cut off by Lewin, Lewin advanced to the front of the penalty area and shot wide, sounding the alarm for Manchester City's defense.
In the 26th minute, Manchester City played a decent attacking combination, Doku received a long pass from a teammate on the left, accelerated past two defenders and crossed, Haaland was in the box to flank it, but the header was high. In the 32nd minute, it was Doku's strong burst on the left side that successfully entered the penalty area and made an inverted triangle pass, but it was unfortunately intercepted by the defender. But in the 36th minute, Everton made a quick counter-attack, and Ashley Young carried Ake on the right and forced a cross, and Harrison's burst in the box went slightly high.
At the end of the first half, Alvarez formed a two-on-one situation after pressing for a tackle in front, but Alvarez hurriedly crossed to find Haaland, but Pickford attacked early to get the ball, and Manchester City missed the best chance to score in the first half. At half-time, the two teams played to a 0-0 draw. At half-time, Pep Guardiola warmed up a number of substitutes and Kevin De Bruyne was ready to come on.
In the second half, City's attack continued to improve, and Pep Guardiola couldn't bear to replace De Bruyne, and City's attack began to pick up. In the 70th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity on the right side, Alvarez took the corner kick, there was chaos in the Everton penalty area, Haaland took advantage of the chaos to score a volley, Manchester City finally broke the deadlock and took a 1-0 lead, and the fans at the Etihad Stadium breathed a sigh of relief.
In the 84th minute, after Manchester City's midfield forced successfully, De Bruyne sent a wonderful pass with the ball, Haaland stepped forward to carry the defender and scored with a low shot into the penalty area, Manchester City sealed the win, and finally defeated Everton with a score of 2-0, winning ten consecutive victories in all competitions, making the desperate Blue Moon Army of the Premier League giants return and start the winning streak mode.
It is worth mentioning that Haaland scored twice in this game, which was the biggest contributor to Manchester City's victory, and was elected as the best player of the game after the game. This is Haaland's second goal after 74 days, setting two records, record 1, Haaland scored 51 goals in 50 Premier League starts, becoming the player with the most goals in the first 50 starts in Premier League history, and record 2, which has completed two games in five games this season. Manchester City welcomed back the biggest killer, and the hope of winning the Premier League for four consecutive years has greatly increased.