Continuation of the 3rd day of the Premier League this Sunday with two matches at 3 p.m. The first opposed the defending champion Manchester City who moved on the lawn of the promoted Sheffield United. Without Pep Guardiola injured in the back and therefore unavailable on the bench, it was his faithful assistant Juanma Lillo who took over. The last recruit Jérémy Doku was also on the bench while we found Haaland, Alvarez, Grealish and Bernardo Silva in the starting XI.
And in this one-sided meeting, Manchester City could not find the fault despite a big domination. The attackers lacked the ideas, creativity and speed to disrupt a well-established Sheffield defense which pushed the ball away as best they could. It was necessary to wait for a hand fault in the area of a defender so that the Cityzens could have the ball from 1-0. But Haaland saw his penalty end on the post (37th). The Norwegian seemed to lack success in front of goal and saw all his attempts repelled by Foderingham.
Haaland delivers his own
On returning from the locker room, the match resumed on the same dynamic with Manchester City dominating and monopolizing the ball. Finally, on one of Grealish’s first differences on his left side, Erling Haaland placed his header to open the scoring and deliver his own at the same time (63rd). A relief for the 22-year-old star and a deserved goal as Sheffield did not exist in this meeting. The first shot of the promoted thus arrived in the 76th minute. But in football, there is no logic and Sheffield punished City for overconfidence.
On a well recovered ball, Kyle Walker decided to make a surprising blind heel in his area to avoid the corner. Result, the ball arrived at the feet of Traoré who offered the equalizer to Jayden Bogle (1-1, 85th). A big mistake by the English defender, mad with rage against himself after that, which could have cost his team dearly. Could have, because in the last minutes, Rodri gave victory to Manchester City by sending a mine from the left into the top corner (2-1, 90th). In pain, City takes the 3 points and continues its faultless championship (only team in this case) by becoming the sole leader.
Aston Villa solid
In the other meeting of the day, Aston Villa moved on the lawn of Burnley for an enticing meeting. Unai Emery’s team largely dominated their opponent of the day and logically won. Matty Cash scored twice while Moussa Diaby also found the net (3-1). Note Boubacar Kamara’s excellent match in midfield once again. The Villans are gaining momentum on this start and therefore take three new points in the standings.
