Erling Haaland fired Manchester Town to the govern of the Premier League because the striker sealed a 1-0 win in opposition to Southampton, week third-placed Aston Villa have been pissed off by way of Bournemouth’s last-gasp leveller on Saturday. Haaland had long gone 3 league video games with out a purpose however he ended that petite drought within the first part on the Etihad Stadium. That used to be plethora to raise Pep Guardiola’s facet into first playground, two issues forward of second-placed Liverpool, who can regain pole place in the event that they win Sunday’s blockbuster collision with identify competitors Arsenal.
Town have no longer misplaced a league recreation on the Etihad for 2 years, a run encompassing 35 video games, and bottom-of-the-table Southampton, who’ve just one level from 9 video games this season, have been by no means prone to fall down that remarkable streak.
With Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku dominated out, Guardiola made 4 adjustments to the crew that thrashed Sparta Prague within the Champions League on Wednesday.
Haaland had scored an audacious purpose in opposition to Sparta and week his struggle to execute off Southampton used to be extra prosaic, it used to be arguably way more reliable given the context of a aggravating identify race.
Matheus Nunes’ go reached Haaland within the 5th negligible and the Norwegian confirmed power and want to get to the ball forward of his marker for a close-range clash.
Town spurned a number of probabilities to extend their manage however Haaland’s 14th purpose in all competitions this season gave the unbeaten champions seven wins from 9 league fits as they chase a 5th successive identify.
“The way Southampton played, they are so demanding. Big credit to them, it was not because we were sloppy or flat. I don’t have that feeling,” Guardiola mentioned.
“We created chances and unfortunately couldn’t score the second. I think we were there and sometimes they are good. We have to accept that.”
Aston Villa’s hopes of pushing for the identify suffered a setback as Bournemouth snatched a 1-1 draw at Villa Soil.
Villa are unbeaten within the Champions League, sitting govern of the desk later optical off Younger Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna.
However they couldn’t practice their untouched Ecu luck with a home victory regardless of taking the manage within the 76th negligible.
Ian Maatsen crossed and Leon Bailey teed up Ross Barkley to hook in his first purpose for the membership.
However Evanilson rescued Bournemouth with a headed equaliser six mins into stoppage-time.
Wolves fightback
Brentford beat fourth-bottom Ipswich 4-3 in an exciting collision in west London.
Ipswich’s Sam Szmodics produced a wonderful end from 15 yards within the twenty eighth negligible sooner than George Hirst clipped a composed clash hour Mark Flekken 3 mins next.
However Yoane Wissa netted within the forty fourth negligible and Harry Clarke’s personal purpose seconds next hauled Brentford degree.Â
Bryan Mbeumo’s 51st-minute penalty, awarded for Clarke’s foul on Keane Lewis-Potter, put Brentford 3-2 up.
Capping a calamitous hour for Clarke, he used to be despatched off within the utmost phases later fouling Lewis-Potter to earn a moment reserving.
Liam Delap’s 86th-minute equaliser seemed to have released Clarke’s blushes, however Mbeumo snatched victory with the final kick of stoppage-time.
2d-bottom Wolves staged a splendid fightback to attract 2-2 at fifth-placed Brighton.
Danny Welbeck bagged his 6th purpose of the season in first part stoppage-time and Evan Ferguson struck with a medical end from Tariq Lamptey’s Eighty fifth-minute go to reduce Brighton in regulate.
However Rayan Ait-Nouri were given one again 3 mins next and Matheus Cunha stored winless Wolves from a 6th successive league defeat with a deflected equaliser deep into stoppage-time.
Everton ahead Beto salvaged a 1-1 draw in opposition to Fulham as his stoppage-time header forbidden out Alex Iwobi’s 61st-minute clash in opposition to his former membership at Goodison Soil.
Even supposing Everton are unbeaten of their final six video games, they take a seat simply 3 parks above the relegation zone.
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