Manchester City, with a goal from Julián Álvarez from a penalty, beat Southampton 4-1 on date 30 of the English Premier League and continues second, now 5 points behind leader Arsenal FC.
At 23 minutes into the second half, the “Spider” Álvarez entered for the Norwegian Erling Haaland, author of two goals (the second, a scissor goal) with which he already has 30 in the Premier. The world champion from Cordoba in Qatar 2022 kicked the penalty that was given to the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and scored the fourth goal for the team led by the Catalan Pep Guardiola. In Southampton, the Argentine Carlos Alcaraz started.
In another match, Manchester United -with world champion Lisandro Martínez- today beat Everton 2-0 at home in the match that began on the 30th date and consolidated itself in third place.
The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium, in the city of Manchester, and United’s goals were scored by Scotsman Scott McTominay in the first half, and Frenchman Anthony Martial in the second after an assist from Marcus Rashford.
United had Lisandro Martínez as their starter and did not have the other Argentine on the team, Alejandro Garnacho, inactive due to an ankle injury.
With the win, United have 56 points, a long way behind leaders Arsenal (72), but are well positioned to secure qualification for next year’s Champions League.
Subsequently, Aston Villa, with Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez in goal, ratified the great present against Nottingham Forest and beat it 3-0 at home, with goals from Bertrand Traoré (3m. ST) and Ollie Watkins (49m. ST) .
In this way, Aston Villa, who also had the Argentine Emiliano Buendía as a starter in the middle zone, reached 47 points and dreams of next season’s international cups after an irregular run in 2022-2023.
The “Dibu” team has four wins in a row, unthinkable when Unai Emery took office last October and Aston Villa was close to relegation.
Other results of the day: Brentford 1-Newcastle United 2; Fulham 0-West Ham United (Manuel Lanzini not included) 1; Leicester City 0-Bournemouth 1; Tottenham Hotspur (Cristian Romero) 2-Brighton (Alexis MacAllister and Facundo Buonanotte not included) 1 and Wolverhampton 1-Chelsea (Enzo Fernandez)
. Date 30 of the Premier League will continue as follows:
. A las 10: Leeds United-Crystal Palace (ESPN)
. A las 12:30: Liverpool-Arsenal (ESPN).
. Posiciones: Arsenal 72 puntos; Manchester City 67; Manchester United y Newcastle United 56; Tottenham Hotspur 50; Aston Villa 47; Brighton 46; Liverpool y Brentford 43; Fulham y Chelsea 39; Wolverhampton 31; Crystal Palace, Bournemouth y West Ham 30; Leeds United 29; Everton y Nottingham Forest 27; Leicester City 25 y Southampton 23.
