Haaland helps Man City approach Arsenal
76 minutes, Ilkay Gundogan received the ball from a corner on the left by Jack Grealish and was fouled by Michael Olise in the penalty area, bringing the penalty. On the 11m mark, Haaland's shot sank to the left corner, while goalkeeper Vicente Guaita fell to the right.
The Norwegian striker scored his 28th goal in the Premier League this season, achieving a one-goal rate in 75 minutes. If he maintains this form until the end of the season, Haaland will reach 41 goals, breaking Mohamed Salah's record of 32 goals in the 2017-2018 season. He currently scores more goals than eight clubs, including Southampton, Bournemouth, Everton, West Ham, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
In the 83rd minute, Haaland missed a chance to score a brace when he headed over the bar from Grealish's cross. However, the 22-year-old striker's penalty kick was enough to help Man City reach the 61-point mark, putting pressure on the top of the table Arsenal - Fulham's guest club tonight.
At Selhurst Park yesterday, Man City dominated when controlling the ball 68%, finishing 14 times with four shots on target, while Crystal Palace only had three shots off target. Since the 2003-2004 season, Crystal Palace are the first club to not have a shot on target in three consecutive Premier League matches, after a 0-1 loss at Aston Villa and a 0-0 draw with Liverpool at home.
Man City put pressure in the 3rd minute, when Rodri volleyed close to the wall to defeat Guaita, after a messy situation in the penalty area. The ball bounced off and Ruben Dias and Rodri shot consecutively, but Crystal Palace's defense played hard to rescue.
After that, the host had two sharp counter-attacks. In the 5th minute, Olise stretched to the right level, but Wilfried Zaha missed the ball. Ten minutes later, from Phil Foden's loss, Olise broke through from the middle of the field and passed Zaha a shot inside the box blocked by centre-back Manuel Akanji.
For the rest of the match, Man City dominated and created a series of opportunities. In the 28th minute, Haaland finished close to the city and went over the bar from Nathan Ake's horizontal stretch. 57 minutes, from the penalty spot at the edge of the penalty area, Foden shot to the far corner but Guaita caught the card to save the home team.
Before Haaland scored, Man City squandered another tenth opportunity. In the 60th minute, from Bernardo Silva's cross, the 2022 World Cup champion Julian Alvarez turned to block the ball to eliminate Luka Milivojevic and then shot over the bar in the face-to-face position.
On March 14, the army under Pep Guardiola received RB Leipzig in the second leg of the 1/8 Champions League round and then met Burnley in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on March 18, while Crystal Palace met Brighton in the 8th round of the Premier League. England on March 15.
