Phil Foden gave Manchester City a win in a difficult away game.
Phil Foden’s hat-trick lifted Manchester City to an away win. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Arsenal’s win over Liverpool on Sunday opened the door for Manchester City to top the league, according to many.
However, they failed to remember that the Sky Blues had a visit to Brentford’s Community Stadium ahead of them.
Last season, Brentford was the only club in the Premier League that won the triple champion both at home and away. Also, it was the only club against Erling Haaland had played in the league without scoring a goal.
The statistics came vividly to mind when the Bees vekari Mark Flekken would take the goal kick long. French tip Neal Maupay knew that there is no offside rule in goal kicks and ran away with a completely free drive through.
Even with his unsuccessful shot, the attacker completed the hosts’ 1–0 lead.
Talks about the lick before the fall intensified just a few minutes later: Haaland got into a fight with Flekken, but again the Dutch keeper pulled a longer shot.
City forced over
However, the magic was broken in the extra time of the opening period, when Ethan Pinnock failed in its demolition push. The ball dropped straight by Phil Foden foot to ten meters, and the professional did not refuse a free goal.
The setback came in a really bad place mentally, because there would have been only half a minute before the half-time whistle.
Foden put the guests in the lead right at the beginning of the second period Kevin De Bruyne from the delicacy focus.
After that, it started to seem that Brentford’s lightning would not strike the same place for the third time.
The final nail-biter came in the 69th minute when Foden completed his hat-trick at the end of a fine attack. In the case of Haaland, the magic of the goal remained, but he still managed to hit the assist point.
The away win moved City to within two points of league leaders Liverpool, but they still have a game in hand.