In the early morning of May 15, the Premier League played a key make-up match, by the title of Manchester City away to challenge Tottenham Hotspur, who is still fighting for four hopes, in the first half, Foden missed a good opportunity to score, and the two sides drew 0-0; Haaland broke the deadlock for City in the second half and then scored a penalty in stoppage time to help City win 2-0 away and move two points above Arsenal in the table and back to first place. After this defeat, Tottenham Hotspur completely missed the Champions League and sent Emery's Villa to the Champions League next season in advance!
Although Manchester City has enjoyed a lot of success in the Premier League in recent years, Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane has always been a "big mountain" that they cannot overcome. Pep Guardiola's side have not only failed in their last four Premier League visits to Tottenham, but also failed to score a goal, becoming the most feared "devil" away from Manchester City, who have won three consecutive Premier League titles.
In terms of starting, a number of Tottenham's main players were injured, Udoki, Ben Davies, Richarlison and Bissouma were all unavailable, Van der Veen made a cameo appearance at left-back, Dragusin and Sarr started, and captain Son Heung-min, who had scored eight goals against Manchester City in the past, led the attacking line.
Manchester City is full of personnel, Haaland, who has scored five goals in the last three league games, continues to start, Foden, De Bruyne and B-Xi are responsible for delivering attacking "ammunition" behind him, Kovacic and Rodri partner in the back, Gvardiol, Akanji, Ruben Dias and Walker start the backline, and the goalkeeper is Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson.
Both sides must win this game, Manchester City is one point behind title rivals Arsenal with one game less and a goal difference of three less, only a win in this game can continue to maintain the initiative in the title race. Tottenham are also with a game in hand, but they are five points behind fourth-placed Villa and only a win will keep their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League alive.
In the 5th minute of the game, Tottenham counter-attacked and hit the front, Bentancur's left-footed volley from the edge of the box was lifted over the crossbar by Ederson with both hands. In the 14th minute, City took a corner kick from the right and Akanji's header was deflected.
In the 15th minute, Manchester City grabbed the ball in front, Hojbjerg made a mistake in the penalty area, Foden did not stop the ball and volleyed directly to the goal by Vicario, Manchester City missed a good chance to score.
Since then, the two sides have been locked in a long stalemate, and both teams that need to win have played more cautiously. In the 33rd minute, Johnson burst into the box with the ball on the right, but his subsequent shot from a tight angle was blocked by Ederson. In the 38th minute, Gvardiol shifted a wide range from the left, B-Xi passed back, Walker crossed to the back point, and Gvardiol inserted a volley high.
In the 45th minute, De Bruyne split the ball, Foden crossed from the left, Haaland volleyed at the back post was blocked, and B-seat's subsequent left-footed shot was also blocked by the Tottenham defender. At half-time, the two sides were tied 0-0.
In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 51st minute, B-Xi took the ball on the right side and sent a direct pass, Debud inserted a low flat ball and crossed, Haaland followed up in the middle to outflank the goal, 1-0! Manchester City took the lead on the road.
This goal is also the 37th goal scored by the Norwegian striker for Manchester City in 43 games this season, including 26 goals in the Premier League, which is already five goals more than Palmer behind him, and there is almost no doubt about defending the Premier League Golden Boot.
In the two seasons since joining Manchester City, Haaland has scored a total of 89 goals and 15 assists in 96 games for the team, with a terrifying average of nearly one goal per game, and he has won many important competitions such as the Champions League, the Premier League and the Club World Cup for Manchester City. Arguably, the Norwegian's goal is the most important guarantee for Manchester City to win the title.
In the 90+1 minute, Doku made a point, and Haaland scored a penalty to help Manchester City rewrite the score to 2-0! It was Haaland's 38th goal in 43 games this season! Of those, 27 goals have been scored in Premier League matches.
Relying on Haaland's two golden goals, Manchester City won 2-0 away at Tottenham, won a most valuable victory at the most crucial moment of the season, and also broke the embarrassing record of four consecutive defeats against Tottenham. As long as the next game wins West Ham United at home, Manchester City will win the Premier League for the fourth time in a row!