With the goal that helped Man City win at least against Brentford, Erling Haaland continued to set another record.
This morning, February 21, Man City hosted Brentford in the make-up match of round 18 of the Premier League. The result of the match was decided by Erling Haaland’s only goal in the 71st minute, the home team won at least 1-0 and won all 3 points against the “Bees”.
With the above goal, Erling Haaland set a new record. Accordingly, he and former Tottenham striker Harry Kane became two players who scored against every team they faced in the Premier League, that is 32 teams they faced. However, the Man City striker achieved this feat in only his second season in England. Currently, Kane has joined Bayern Munich, so in the current Premier League, Haaland is the only name to score against all the teams he faces.
During a counterattack by Man City, Brentford’s last defensive player, Kristoffer Ajer, unfortunately slipped, creating an opportunity for Haaland to dribble the ball and face the goalkeeper before finishing close to the penalty area and scoring. decisive goal.
In the above match, Man City made 17 shots on Brentford’s goal in the first half, but only 5 of them were on target. In the second half, the home team was sharper with a total of 8 shots, of which 6 were on target and 1 became a goal.
With 3 points against Brentford, Man City surpassed Arsenal to take second place in the Premier League rankings, while narrowing the gap with the leading team, Liverpool, to 1 point. In their next match, Man City face Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, while Brentford will look to lift their spirits against West Ham.