Haaland makes a miracle, Man City is only 1 point behind Liverpool

Manchester City recovered from their draw with Chelsea with a 1-0 win over Brentford in their Premier League Round 18 fixture.

Erling Haaland shone to help the defending champions avoid a second consecutive draw in England's top flight.

In the 71st minute, from a counter-attack, Julian Alvarez made a favorable pass for Erling Haaland to take advantage of his strength to run down and finish past goalkeeper Mark Flekken to score the only goal.

This result helped coach Pep Guardiola's team extend their unbeaten streak in the Premier League to 10 matches, including 8 wins. In all competitions, Man City have also gone 16 consecutive matches without a loss.

After 25 rounds, Manchester City has 56 points, surpassing Arsenal to return to 2nd place and only 1 point behind Liverpool in the race for the Premier League title.

With the current situation, the "three-horse" race for the Premier League championship between Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal promises to be very dramatic in the rest of this season.

Early tomorrow morning (February 22), Liverpool will host Luton Town in the earliest match of round 26 of the Premier League.

Also in the upcoming round 26, Manchester City will visit AFC Bournemouth, while Arsenal will face Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium. The matches between Man City and Arsenal will take place on February 25.

Erling Haaland makes history in Premier League

With his goal against Brentford, Erling Haaland not only brought victory to the Etihad team but also helped him create a miracle in the Premier League arena.

This goal helped the Norwegian striker break the curse against Brentford after being "powerless" to score against this opponent in previous confrontations.

Erling Haaland made Premier League history by becoming the second player after Harry Kane to score against every opponent he faced in the Premier League since joining Man City in the summer of 2022.

Brentford is the 21st team that Haaland has "scored against." However, his record is far behind Harry Kane (scoring against 32 teams).

"In Premier League history, there are only two strikers who have faced three or more clubs and scored against all of them: Harry Kane (32/32 teams) and Haaland (21/21 teams),"Optapraise Haaland's achievement.

According to statistics, striker Erling Haaland has scored a total of 53 goals after 55 appearances for Manchester City in the highest arena in England.

Of these, Manchester United and Fulham are the two teams that Haaland has scored the most goals against (5 goals); followed by Wolverhampton, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Everton (4 goals).

In the Premier League this season, Manchester City's "number 9" has also scored a total of 17 goals, leading the Premier League's top scorer list. He has two more goals than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.

This achievement will certainly be an important boost for Haaland to continue his impressive comeback after a period of absence due to injury.