For the 13th round of the Premier League, Manchester City beat Fulham 2-1 at Etihad Stadium with goals from Julian Alvarez and Norwegian Erling Haaland and thus reached the top of the competition. In the local team, Joao Cancelo was sent off at 26 minutes of the first half and conceded a penalty to the visit, which scored Andreas Pereira.The Argentine striker entered as a starter in the set led by Pep Guardiola, and at 17 minutes, after a great clearance of İlkay Gündoğan, the former River took a powerful rejection that hit the crossbar and gave the partial victory to the locals.
1-0 ⚪ #MCFCEspañol pic.twitter.com/6ZJXJDtIyc — Manchester City (@ManCityES)
November 5, 2022
The victory lasted only nine minutes for City when the referee sanctioned a push by Joao Cancelo inside the area and sent off the defender, awarding a penalty to Fulham. Andreas Pereira scored the equalizer for the visitors, and with Guardiola’s team with one less player on the pitch, the match began to lose aggressiveness. After the break, Álvarez came on in the 63rd minute and came in as his replacement Haaland, who had the equalizer at his feet, but the VAR annulled the play by advanced position. Only thirty minutes later, the Norwegian striker managed to put the Citizens up to reach the top of the tournament partially. Tomorrow, Arsenal – with one point less – visit Chelsea in search of returning to the leadership.
