70 minutes into Wednesday’s match, Erling Braut Haaland came on for Manchester City to great cheers for the home fans at the Etihad Stadium. Thus, 56 days on the sidelines were finally over for the Norwegian. City ended up winning 3-1 against newly promoted Burnley, and were already leading 3-0 when the top scorer came on. The experts had warned before Haaland’s comeback, and Burnley probably feared that the lead would increase when the Norwegian came on. It was still a blocked header and a real kick for the 23-year-old. – I have seen more elegant finishes from him. A rusty Norwegian who gets the chance there, said Viaplay’s commentator Eivind Bisgaard Sundet about Haaland’s shot attempt. It has been a small fracture in the foot that has caused Haaland’s longest period out so far in his senior career. Before Wednesday’s game, he had not played since December 6, when Manchester City lost 1-0 away to Aston Villa. Jærbuen has trained with the team for well over a week, but manager Pep Guardiola has not wanted to take any chances with the top scorer. That is why he was back in the fighting squad only now. Haaland’s replacement became a two-goal scorer Even with the long injury break, Haaland is still the Premier League’s top scorer with his 14 goals. There has therefore been a lot of pressure on Argentine Julián Álvarez, who has played forward in Haaland’s absence. But already after 16 minutes, Álvarez contributed to making Haaland’s loss smaller. He then sent the home team into the lead with a header. HERJET: Julian Álvarez spent Wednesday night scoring his seventh and eighth goals in the Premier League this season. Photo: Reuters Just eight minutes later, the same man doubled the lead after Kevin De Bruyne showed how brilliant he can be on the football pitch. With a free-kick move, De Bruyne and Álvarez fooled all of Burnley’s players, and the Argentine could easily send City up 2-0. – It’s timing and preparation in the Egon Olsen class, Bisgaard Sundet exclaimed after scoring. FOOLED EVERYONE: Julian Álvarez and Kevin De Bruyne celebrate after brilliantly sending City 2-0 up. Photo: Reuters That position stood at half-time, but just seconds after the break, Rodri scored the third goal of the game after a nice shot from 16 metres. Burnley got a consolation goal in extra time. The former Molde player David Datro Fofana feints his way past on the edge, before sending the ball in front of the goal. Ameen Al-Dakhil stood there and put the ball into the goal from three meters. Ellevill statistics Sander Berge played the entire match for Burnley, but was relatively anonymous in a match where mostly it was about covering room defensively for the midfielder. Oscar Bobb sat on the bench for the home team during the entire match. Manchester City have now gone 21 games in a row without losing at home in the Premier League. The light blues have also had very good control at Burnley in recent years. In the last 13 meetings between the two teams, the goal difference is 46-2 in favor of Manchester City. DIFFICULT MATCH: Sander Berge, here in a duel with Manchester City’s Matheus Nunes, had a tough time on Wednesday night. Photo: Reuters Burnley manager Vincent Kompany is a former City captain. He was eleven years at the club. In that period, he won the Premier League four times, and ended up with a statue outside the stadium. Yet there was no mercy to be seen from Manchester City when Kompany returned on Wednesday. With Wednesday’s victory, City are in 2nd place, five points behind Liverpool. Burnley are struggling at the other end of the table with 19th place and seven points up from safety.
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