On April 13, Beijing time, in the 33rd round of the English Premier League, Manchester City hosted Luton, ranked 18th, and more than 50,000 fans watched the game. In the 10th minute, Haaland made an own goal, Kovacic scored in the 64th minute, Haaland scored a penalty in the 76th minute, Barkley pulled a point back in the 81st minute, Doku extended the score in the 87th minute, and Gvardiol contributed in the 92nd minute. In the end, Manchester City 5-1 Luton, successfully overtook Arsenal and Liverpool to the top of the standings, and led by 2 points in the first game!
Manchester City vs Luton Town
At the start of the first half, Haaland caused chaos in the second minute of the game, which led to an unfortunate own goal by Taiki Hashioka. However, despite that lucky start, Haaland missed back-to-back scoring chances in the ensuing fixtures, while Nunes had poor luck shooting from goal. At the end of the first half, Manchester City led Luton Town 1-0.
Shortly after the start of the second half, City managed to score with a cross from the left and Kovacic volleyed home from the middle of the box to make it 2-0. In the 74th minute, Doku was tackled when he broke through on the left side of the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty, and Haaland took the penalty to extend the score to 3-0. Manchester City were all but firmly in control of the game.
However, Luton did not give up, and in the 81st minute, Barkley burst into the box after a steal, shook off Dias, and scored a low left-footed shot to pull a point back for Luton. Despite Luton's efforts, there was no way back, and in stoppage time Doku scored and Gvardiol shot and crossed to make it 5-1 to Luton
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