Reuters
NOS Voetbal•vandaag, 23:17
Manchester City and Erling Haaland continue what they did so often last season: win and score. In an away game, newly promoted Burnley were beaten 3-0. Last season’s top scorer (36 league goals) scored two goals.
After just three minutes it was a hit for the Norwegian. He tapped the ball in from close range. Half an hour later, Haaland doubled the score with a beautiful goal. He shot the ball from about eleven meters hard through the bottom of the crossbar into the goal.
The courageous Burnley, where City legend Vincent Kompany is a trainer, lacked too much quality to really put the heat on City.
The reigning national champion and Champions League winner scored one more goal in the second half. The ball plopped down in front of Rodri’s feet in the five-meter area and it was a piece of cake for the Spaniard to successfully print.
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Burnley’s Anass Zaroury was shown another red card in stoppage time for being late to stop Kyle Walker and planting his leg in the leg of City’s right-back. The Englishman also had to leave the field injured.
So was Kevin De Bruyne. He had to stop the fight after twenty minutes. It is not clear what caused the premature substitution of the Belgian.
Dutchman Nathan Aké was taken to the side more than ten minutes before the end. Acquisitions Mateo Kovacic and Hise Gvardiol came in.
2023-08-11 21:17:50
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