Erling Haaland has continued his Premier League scoring streak for Manchester City. The “Spurs” were also allowed to cheer.
The Norwegian international struck for the eleventh time this season in the league in the 16th minute of the defending champions’ 3-0 (2-0) win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
City are the leaders again for the time being, while previous leaders Arsenal play on Sunday (September 18th, 2022) at FC Brentford. Jack Grealish made it 1-0 for team manager Pep Guardiola’s team in the first few minutes. In the 69th minute, Phil Foden made it 3-0 for the guests.
National player Ilkay Gündogan came on in the 72nd minute for the strong ex-Bundesliga professional Kevin De Bruyne. The hosts lost Nathan Collins in the 33rd minute with a red card for gross foul play. Outnumbered, the “Wolves” had no chance against the star ensemble of the “Citizens”. Former Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic, who has been out for a long time after a cruciate ligament rupture, was also absent from Wolverhampton.
Tottenham now second
After points with Man City, Tottenham Hotspur (17 points each) drew level with the 6: 2 (2: 2) against bottom Leicester City. Ex-Bundesliga professional Heung-Min Son scored a hat-trick in the second half (73’/84’/86′).
Three games postponed
Otherwise, the British Isles and the Premier League are dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth II. She will be buried on Monday. The weekend before, tens of thousands of people in London said goodbye to the queen. A lot of police are on duty to secure the funeral ceremonies. Therefore, three of the ten games originally scheduled for the weekend have been postponed.
Among them is also the top game of the Chelsea FC against Liverpool FC, which should be shown in the sports show on Sunday. Instead, it is now the game between the Brentford FC and the Arsenal FC to see that although there is a derby in London, it is not so explosive that it had to be cancelled.
The 8th match day opened with two games on Friday evening. thereby won AstonVilla by a hit from Jacob Ramsey in the 41st minute 1-0 against Southampton F.C.
The former Bochum player Armel Bella Kotchap, whom national coach Hansi Flick surprisingly called into the squad of the German national team for the upcoming games in the Nations League, again played over 90 minutes with the guests.
Fulham with three goals in six minutes
In the duel between the climbers Nottingham Forest and Fulham FC was significantly busier than in Birmingham. Forest took the lead (11′) through Taiwo Awoniyi, who came from 1. FC Union Berlin in the summer.
the “whites” from London, with Bernd Leno in goal, turned the deficit into a 3-1 lead between the 54th and 60th minute. The two-time winner of the European Cup of Champions only managed to get back the goal (77th).
Clap for 70 years of reign
Before all games there was a minute’s silence in honor of the queenplus one in the 70th minute “minutes of applause“. The clapping was a reminder that the Queen had sat on the throne for 70 years.