Haaland scores hat-trick, Man City regains top spot in Premier League

Welcoming Fulham at Etihad Stadium in the fourth round of the Premier League is an opportunity for Man City to extend their winning streak to four matches, the only team in the foggy country to do so since the beginning of the season. This goal is not beyond the reach of the defending champions when the form of Man City's star players is very good, despite the fact that they do not have the direct guidance of coach Pep Guardiola.

Julian Alvarez breaks the deadlock for Man City

Jack Grealish was absent from the starting lineup, but new signing Jeremy Doku was on the field from the start and another new signing, Matheus Nunes, was registered as a substitute, which somewhat reassured the home fans. However, the fact that neither Man City nor Fulham had a single shot in the first 30 minutes of the match left all spectators really disappointed.

Tim Ream equalizes for Fulham

The two teams' lackluster performances were suddenly shaken up by a build-up attack that led to the home team Man City's opening goal. In the 31st minute, Erling Haaland broke the offside trap and crossed for Julian Alvarez to score the opening goal. Just two minutes later, Fulham had an equally surprising equalizer through Tim Ream.

Nathan Ake (6) scored for Man City

The game seemed to take a new turn. In the last minute of injury time in the first half, Man City was awarded a corner kick and Phil Foden crossed the ball for Nathan Ake to head into the net, helping Man City temporarily take the lead for the second time in the match before the break.

There was no rush to push the squad up high in search of another goal in the second half, but Man City still had opportunities. In the 58th minute, Julian Alvarez returned the favor with an assist for teammate Haaland to shoot an unstoppable shot. In the 70th minute, the Argentine striker brought home a penalty for Haaland to successfully kick the 11m penalty, raising the score to 4-1.

...and scored to complete his hat-trick in the match.

Not stopping there, in the 90+5 minute of extra time, Sergio Gomez made an accurate pass from the left wing for Haaland to connect very quickly, setting the final score at 5-1 and the fourth victory after 4 rounds for Man City.

Haaland scored a hat-trick of goals and won a hat-trick of titles in 1 week

With a hat-trick of goals in this match, Haaland was awarded the "Player of the Match" award, the third individual award in a week for the Norwegian player, after the "Player of the Season 2022-2023" award by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and "Best Player in Europe 2022-2023" award by UEFA.

After conceding a goal in the fourth minute through Lyle Foster, Tottenham staged a stunning comeback with five goals in quick succession against Burnley, including a hat-trick from captain Son Heung-min, and goals from Cristian Romero and James Maddison. Burnley pulled one back late in the match but still had to accept a 2-5 defeat.

Son Heung-min shines with hat-trick for Tottenham

An "earthquake" broke out at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea lost 0-1 to Nottingham Forest with the only goal in the 48th minute from Anthony Elanga, a former Man United player. In four rounds, Chelsea lost twice and drew once, results that were inversely proportional to the team's endless investment.

Dong Linh - Photo: Reuters

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