Haaland scores hat-trick, Man City comes from behind to beat newly promoted team

Man City hosted Ipswich at the Etihad Stadium with the goal of winning all 3 points in the journey to defend the Premier League title. Having to face two strong teams, Liverpool and Man City, in a row was too big a challenge for Ipswich. However, coach Kieran McKenna's team surprised everyone when they opened the score in the 7th minute. After a counter-attack, Szmodics finished accurately to help Ipswich lead 1-0.

Having conceded the first goal, Pep Guardiola's team pressed forward. Man City were awarded a penalty after Savinho was brought down in the box. Haaland then scored a penalty to help Man City level the score at 1-1 in the 11th minute.

3 minutes later, Ipswich's net shook for the second time. Ipswich goalkeeper Muric made a mistake when controlling the ball. De Bruyen took advantage of the opportunity to score, raising the score to 2-1. While Ipswich were still reeling from the 2 consecutive goals, Muric had to pick the ball out of the net for the third time in the 16th minute. De Bruyne passed the ball long for Haaland to escape. The Norwegian striker controlled the ball past Muric and scored into an empty net, thereby raising the score to 3-1 for Man City.

In the second half, Man City continued to control the game. At times, they held the ball for more than 90%. Ipswich hardly posed any threat to the home team's goal in this half. In the 88th minute, Haaland finished from the edge of the penalty area into the visitors' net, completing his hat-trick. In the end, Man City won 4-1.