In the 33rd round of the Premier League this season, Manchester City played Luton Town at home. In the first half, Haaland opened the opening two minutes to create an own goal, and in the second half, Manchester City was on fire, Kovacic, Haaland, Doku and Gvardiol scored a goal each, and Barkley pulled one back. In the end, Manchester City defeated Luton Town 5-1 to complete the season double, and at the same time accumulated 73 points to overtake Arsenal and Liverpool in one more round, temporarily topping the table.
The league championship has entered the final sprint, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal dare not be careless, especially in the face of the middle and lower teams dropping the chain and losing points, which will be a great blow to the team's self-confidence.
In this round, Manchester City sat at home to welcome the challenge of promoted Luton Town, who is third from the bottom and is just in the relegation zone, so it must be very hard to play away from home, Manchester City needs to prevent an upset and lose points, and avoid giving Liverpool and Arsenal a chance to open up the difference.
In this game, Manchester City adjusted the lineup, De Bruyne returned to the starting lineup, Rodri, B, Foden were rested on the bench, and Alvarez, Doku, and Haaland formed a forward trident.
After the opening, the game entered the rhythm of Manchester City's passing, and Luton put on a bus to defend, but conceded the goal in just two minutes:
Haaland's one-on-one shot was saved, and then hit the goal again and hit Taiki Hashioka and refracted into the net, Manchester City got off to a dream start 1-0, and it was officially an own goal by Taiki Hashioka.
In the 27th minute, Kevin De Bruyne sent a through ball and Nunes fired a low shot into the far post, missing the goal.
Half-time statistics, Manchester City possession of the ball was as high as 76%, completed 15 shots and 5 on target, and 7 corner kick opportunities, but the 3 great chances created were all missed, of which Haaland wasted 2 alone, which was also the main reason for Manchester City's only one-goal lead, and there were no shooting opportunities on Luton's side.
In the second half, Manchester City continued to lay siege to Luton's backline.
In the 64th minute, Alvarez completed a cross and Kovacic volleyed it into the net to help Manchester City win 2-0.
In the 74th minute, Doku burst into the box and was brought down, the referee awarded a penalty, and then Haaland hit the penalty to help Manchester City extend the score 3-0.
In the 80th minute, Nunes made a mistake in stopping the ball at the back, and Barkley broke the ball and fired a low shot to help Luton pull a goal back 1-3.
In the face of the opponent's counterattack, Manchester City quickly fought back. In the 86th minute, Doku used his personal ability to trick the opposing defender to complete the goal, helping Manchester City seal the victory 4-1. In the 93rd minute, Gvardiol blasted home to make it 5-1.
After the victory, Manchester City won 27 consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions, the last defeat was in December last year, the league lost away to Villa, and the points reached 73 points, and the top position in the table was one more round, Arsenal retreated to second, Liverpool fell to third, and this round is under pressure to grab points.