Young Norwegian star Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City suffered a humiliating 6-3 defeat to their neighbor and guest United on Sunday in the ninth stage of the English Premier League.
Foden (8, 44 and 73) and Halland (34, 37 and 64) scored against City, while Brazilian Anthony (56) and French substitute Antony Martial (84 and 90 + 1 penalties) scored against United.
Haaland became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in three consecutive games, in the highest scoring Manchester derby in history.
And City lifted their lead to 21 points in second place, one point behind leaders Arsenal, who beat neighbors Tottenham 3-1 on Saturday.
Haaland, who arrived this summer from Borussia Dortmund, continued his strong start to the season, breaking records by scoring up to 14 goals in his first 8 league matches and becoming the first player to score more than 11 goals in his first 10 league matches. matches in the tournament, overtaking both Mick Quinn and the Senegalese Babis Cisse and the Spaniard Diego Costa.
He also scored 17 goals in 10 matches for City.
“You can see the balls we were passing to each other,” Haaland said after the match.
We always want to progress
forward and attack.
“That’s what I like about the team, it’s great. Nothing to add.”
Spanish coach Pep Guardiola’s team has maintained their unbeaten league record this season (six wins and two draws), knowing it was the first time he played with one of the “big six”.
After a disastrous start to the season following two consecutive defeats, United, led by their new Dutch manager Erik Ten Hag, managed to rise to four straight victories, including against Liverpool and Arsenal, before suffering a humiliating loss to City. . to freeze your balance at 12 points in sixth place.
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was again absent from the starting line-up until Ten Hag was used off the bench in the second half, unlike Real Madrid’s newcomer Casemiro, who came out half an hour before the end of the season.
fiery start
City kicked off with a rocket to open the scoring after Portugal’s Bernardo Silva passed the ball from the left side into the box, followed by Foden’s lightning left to the top right corner of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea’s goal. (eight).
Haaland took full advantage of the off-pitch presence of French defender Raphael Varane to recover from a minor injury.
Three minutes later, the two players collaborated again after the Belgian lifted the ball to the second post in the penalty area, and then the wonderful “beast” extended his left foot to the maximum in the net (37) to increase his tally to 8 assists in the league this season at the top of the list.
Varane came out with an ankle injury in the 41st minute and was replaced by Sweden’s Viktor Lindelöf in central defence.
The Norwegian played the role of a passer this time, after sending a beautiful ball from the left lane towards the second post on Foden, the latter followed from close range against the background of the fragility of the defense (44).
Ten Hag paid for a block show with Dutchman Tyrell Malasia early in the second half before Anthony, who was signed by £82m from Ajax Amsterdam this summer, scored a superb goal with a left spiral kick from outside the box to the right of a fellow goalkeeper Ederson (56).
Ten Hag then dropped Casemiro and Martial, but Haaland, who in the previous round had become the first player in Premier League history to score outside his team’s rules in his first four games, quickly scored a third personal goal with a left-footed kick from the box after cross from Spaniard Sergio Gomis, who came on as a substitute for Kyle Walker at the end of the first half after the latter was injured (64).
Foden scored his third personal goal with a deep pass from Halland after the young Englishman overcame offside and scored into the net (72).
Martial softened his team’s loss a little at first when he headed the ball, which Ederson saved from a shot by Brazilian replacement Jadon Sancho’s Fred, after the Frenchman returned from an injury absence, before taking a penalty after being interfered with Portuguese Joao. Canselo, who successfully translated (90) +1).
