After five matches without a victory for one and four matches without a goal for the other, Manchester City and Erling Haaland were expected to meet on Sunday on the Leicester lawn. The Mancunian club and its serial scorer did not disappoint and both ended their bad series.
The Skyblues won (0-2) at the King Power Stadium, with a goal from the Norwegian in the second half to validate the success of the reigning champions, likely to fall in a few months. Served by Savinho, the most decisive man of the afternoon, Haaland placed a perfect header to deceive Jakuk Stolarczyk, the Foxes goalkeeper (0-2, 74th).
Savinho, the handyman
In the first period, Savinho opened the hostilities by taking advantage of a strike from Phil Foden that was poorly repelled by Stolarczyk to take over powerfully under the bar (0-1, 21st). The Brazilian, who passed through Troyes without ever playing there, celebrated his goal by announcing, miming in support, the pregnancy of his partner.
This success gleaned at Leicester is more important psychologically than anything else at first. Liverpool have two games in hand and 11 points ahead… On the other hand, the podium remains theoretically accessible in the event of a successful second half of the season, since until Arsenal is in action at Brentford on January 1, Manchester City is returned to five points behind the Gunners.
Pep Guardiola said before the match: “We will be back”. There is still a long way to go, but the first steps have been taken.
