MANCHESTER: Penalty for substitute stoppage Erling Haaland earned 10-man Manchester City a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, a win that sent the champions back to the top of the premier league.
While top scorer Haaland was deemed fit enough for the bench after missing City’s previous two games through injury, Argentina striker Julian Alvarez gave the home side the lead in the 17th minute .
The champions thought they had quickly doubled their lead through John Stones, but Rodri was offside in the build-up, and Fulham capitalized on that reprieve, going straight to the other end and winning a 26th-minute penalty.
City defender Joao Cancelo was shown a direct red card for knocking Harry Wilson to the ground, with former Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira making no mistakes from the spot as Fulham entered the interval level.
City continued to dominate even with a numerical disadvantage. Haaland was brought on and quickly thought he had restored his side’s lead after looking home, but VAR intervened to rule the Norwegian offside.
It looked like City had done all they could until Kevin De Bruyne was brought down and Haaland converted the penalty to send the Etihad Stadium raving in the 95th minute as the champions were a point clear of Arsenal lead the table. Fulham remained eighth.
While top scorer Haaland was deemed fit enough for the bench after missing City’s previous two games through injury, Argentina striker Julian Alvarez gave the home side the lead in the 17th minute .
The champions thought they had quickly doubled their lead through John Stones, but Rodri was offside in the build-up, and Fulham capitalized on that reprieve, going straight to the other end and winning a 26th-minute penalty.
City defender Joao Cancelo was shown a direct red card for knocking Harry Wilson to the ground, with former Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira making no mistakes from the spot as Fulham entered the interval level.
City continued to dominate even with a numerical disadvantage. Haaland was brought on and quickly thought he had restored his side’s lead after looking home, but VAR intervened to rule the Norwegian offside.
It looked like City had done all they could until Kevin De Bruyne was brought down and Haaland converted the penalty to send the Etihad Stadium raving in the 95th minute as the champions were a point clear of Arsenal lead the table. Fulham remained eighth.
