Author of a new resounding hat-trick in the second period, his fifth in the Premier League, Erling Haaland was one of the great architects of Manchester City’s victory at home against Fulham. Despite this success, a fact of play came to taint the victory of the Cityzens. Indeed, Nathan Aké gave the Skyblues the lead with an unstoppable header but his team-mate Manuel Akandji tried to touch the ball before it crossed the line while the Swiss defender was in an offside position.
If the referee of this meeting, Michael Oliver, validated the goal at first, the VAR intervened quickly. But against all expectations, the video assistance proved the official right and the Dutch defender’s achievement was definitively validated. After the meeting, the Norwegian cyborg also returned to this fact of the game which cost the visitors dearly. “I also think there was offside, I feel bad for them. I’d be mad if it was me.”said Erling Haaland in particular.
