Haaland sets unprecedented record, Man City wins top spot

Just one day for Arsenal to regain the top spot, Man City continued to surpass, now Guardiola's army will not worry about being behind their opponents if they continue to play well in the next rounds.

With home advantage, Man City easily overwhelmed West Ham, the team currently at the bottom of the rankings. However, it was not until the second half that the Etihad players achieved effective attack.

Haaland lập kỷ lục vô tiền khoáng hậu, Man City giành ngôi đầu bảng - 1 — Ake opened the scoring with a header (Photo: GI).

In the 50th minute, from a free kick from the home team, Ake bravely rushed in to receive Mahrez's cross and headed the ball from about 6 meters into the net to open the score.

Conceding a goal, West Ham players were forced to push up their formation to attack in search of an equalizer. Before the goal came for the away team, they were hit by a counter-attack from Man City. In the 70th minute, Grealish passed the ball conveniently from midfield for Haaland to accelerate, the Norwegian striker glided like a wind and chipped the ball over goalkeeper Fabianski's head to increase the score to 2-0.

Haaland lập kỷ lục vô tiền khoáng hậu, Man City giành ngôi đầu bảng - 2 — Haaland celebrates after scoring (Photo: GI).

The home team sealed the 3-0 victory in the 85th minute. Foden volleyed the ball from inside the penalty area, but it hit a visiting player's foot and changed direction into the net, leaving goalkeeper Fabianski rooted to the spot as he watched the goal.

Man City have 79 points after 33 matches and have climbed to the top of the table. The defending champions are one point ahead of second-placed Arsenal and have played one game less. Man City's remaining five matches are against Leeds, Everton, Chelsea, Brighton and Brentford. Man City can lose one and win the other four, and they are still guaranteed to win the Premier League regardless of Arsenal's results.

With his goal against West Ham, Haaland made history by scoring 35 goals in the Premier League, becoming the player with the most goals in the history of this tournament.

Since the Premier League was founded in 1992, the tournament has gone through two stages, the first stage had 22 participating teams (42 rounds), Andy Cole and Alan Shearer held the scoring record with 34 goals, the next stage until now the tournament has 20 teams, Mohamed Salah held the scoring record with 32 goals. However, all were erased by Haaland, who only needed 33 matches to score 35 goals.

The Norwegian striker has 5 games left to add to his tally. After the win over West Ham, Man City players did something "rare" - they lined up in two rows to honor Haaland.