Manchester City claimed a 3-1 away win over Leeds.
Erling Haaland (center) scored two goals in City’s away win. PDO
Erling Haaland had waited a long time to get back on the football field.
Manchester City’s Norwegian star had to watch on TV as his teammates played under the Qatari sun. Vuonomaa was not even close to the World Cup venue, so Haaland’s last weeks were spent only on the training field, counting down the days.
December 28th was marked in red on his calendar.
– Erling sent me a message as soon as the match schedule was clear. He said he is already looking forward to this match, the Leeds manager Jesse Marsch said.
Jankkikoutsi is a kind of reserve for Haaland. The two managed to work together at RB Salzburg, where Marsch taught the attacker the secrets of the main game, for example.
– Our time together in Austria was great. We had an incredibly close relationship there, and when I got this job, Erling was really happy for me, Marsch continued.
– Erling was born in Leeds, and his father played here. He has this club in his heart, but I’m afraid it will only motivate him more against us.
Two goals
Haaland immediately wanted to impress the home crowd at Elland Road. There were only a few tens of seconds on the game clock, when the Norwegian was already the Leeds man Evening Meslier’s with.
The striker’s lift was lacking in poise, and the Frenchman had an early comeback goal blocked.
At half an hour Kevin De Bruyne played the Norwegian through, but this time too Meslier pulled a longer shot with his great knee save.
However, the picture of the match had become clear: only a miracle would have saved Leeds from a budding home defeat.
The floodgates opened in extra time of the opening period when Meslier made a save in front of him Riyad Mahrez’s I bet. The return ball dropped Rodrin within reach, who had the easy task of moving the visitors to the halftime lead.
In the second period Jack Grealish cheated a sure-fire goal for Haaland, and the Norwegian doubled the away team’s lead. At just over an hour, the Norwegian finished the evening with his second weaker right leg.
It was remarkable that the Norwegian did not air either of his hits as a tribute to his hometown.
In the 72nd minute, however, Haaland lost the main battle To Pascal Struijkwho scored the hosts’ consolation goal in a 1–3 home loss.
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Neymar pissed himself into an early shower. PDO
Red for Neymar
At the same time, it was also played in Paris, where the local PSG returned from the World Cup break with a 2–1 home win over Strasbourg.
Leo Messi was naturally still on a well-deserved championship vacation, but left the final with the disappointment of a loss Kylian Mbappé chilled as usual at the top.
However, he finished the opening goal Marquinhoswho butt Neymar’s to the network provided by the vapari. However, the same brass top hit the ball at the beginning of the second period, while Neymar crowned his night with the red card he had annoyed himself with.
Mbappé completed the valuable winning goal in the sixth minute of added time.