Haaland’s ‘hat-trick’ is not worth City to cut the leader
MADRID, 22 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Arsenal beat Manchester United (3-2) this Sunday on matchday 21 of the Premier to continue with their status as favorites to win the title, leaving Haaland’s hat-trick to nothing before against Wolverhampton in pursuit of Manchester City.
Mikel Arteta’s men took another duel of the greats, the modern must of a ‘Gunner’ team that did not take games from the ‘Big Six’. The rhythm of the Londoners, who want to win the English league 19 years later, their way of playing and fighting every game, surpassed a United that arrived with the best dynamics of the season.
The ‘red devils’ went ahead through Rashford, but Nketiah and Saka turned the score around after the restart. Ten Hag’s team tied through Lisandro Martínez and David de Gea held off the leader’s attempts. With Emirates pressing on, Nketiah scored the winner on 90 minutes.
A double celebration, since the VAR had to confirm that there was no offside, which resounded as a giant step for Arteta’s men. Arsenal responded to City’s triumph to remain on a five-point cushion at the top of the table, with one game less, while United fall to fourth as they try to tighten the Premiership fight to their own advantage. .
City had complied by putting pressure on their heads with Haaland’s scoring signature. The Norwegian striker reached 25 goals in the Premier, in 20 games, and 31 in all competitions with a hat-trick that knocked out Wolves by Julen Lopetegui, between the end of the first half and the start of the second.
The striker, at a historic pace in his first year in the Premier, ended a drought of three games without scoring against Tottenham during the week and finished cheering up in 12 plethoric minutes this Sunday. Guardiola’s men complied with a note but did not later find favor with their Manchester neighbor.
For their part, Lopetegui’s men, in their first serious blow since the Spanish coach arrived during the World Cup break, although against a class rival, find themselves glued to the relegation zone. At the bottom is a Leeds that has gone six games without winning and that could not (0-0) with a much more animated Brentford in the table.
–RESULTS AND PROGRAM OF THE DAY 21.
-Saturday.
Liverpool – Chelsea 0-0.
Bournemouth – Nottingham Forest 1-1.
Leicester – Brighton 2-2.
Southampton – Aston Villa 0-1.
West Ham – Everton 2-0.
Crystal Palace – Newcastle 0-0.
-Domingo.
Leeds – Brentford 0-0.
Manchester City – Wolves 3-0.
Arsenal – Manchester United 3-2.
-Monday.
Fulham – Tottenham.