Manchester City alone topped the English Premier League, overtaking Arsenal, after beating its host Fulham, with two goals to one, in the 34th week of the tournament on Sunday, while Liverpool achieved an impressive victory over Tottenham in the fatal time 4-3, to occupy fifth place.
The Norwegian Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Manchester City from a penalty kick in the third minute of the match, after his Argentine colleague Julian Alvarez was blocked inside the penalty area.
With this goal, Haaland has achieved a new record that has not been recorded for about 92 years for any player in an English team, by scoring 50 goals with his team in all tournaments in one season, including 34 goals in the English Premier League, to hold a new number in the league registered in the name of Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. .
Soon, Carlos Vinicius scored the equalizing goal for Fulham in the 15th minute, after which City intensified its attacks throughout the first half in search of the goal of progress, until he achieved what he wanted when Jack Grealish’s ball bounced off the crossbar, before Julian Alvarez fired a massive shot from outside. The penalty area to inhabit the window of Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
Manchester City achieved its eighth consecutive victory in the league to take a big step towards retaining the title, after raising its score to 76 points and still has a postponed match, and one point ahead of Arsenal, who fell to second place and wasted the opportunity to win the title after failing to win in its last four matches. .
Liverpool snatches Tottenham
In an exciting match, Liverpool achieved a fatal victory over its guest, Tottenham, in the last seconds, 4-3, in the 34th round of the English Premier League, on Sunday, at Anfield.
Liverpool’s first goal came quickly in the third minute through Curtis Jones, and after only three minutes Luis Diaz added the second goal, in the sixth minute of the match.
A quarter of an hour before the Egyptian Mohamed Salah scored a third goal for the Reds, from a penalty kick that was awarded by the referee in the 15th minute.
The first half did not pass until Tottenham player Harry Kane scored his first team goal in the 40th minute of the match, and in the second half, South Korean Son Heung-min added the second goal in the 77th minute.
With the end of the match approaching and everyone believing Liverpool had won the three points, the Brazilian came from far away to score Richarlison, the equalizing goal for Tottenham in the last minute of the original match time.
The excitement returned again after the match referee counted six minutes of stoppage time, and in the third minute of this time, Jota managed to score the fourth goal for Liverpool with a powerful shot, to end the match 4-3.
With this result, Liverpool raised its balance to 56 points, to occupy fifth place, while Tottenham’s balance froze at 54 points, to fall to sixth place.
2023-04-30 22:53:56
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