Young Norwegian star Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City inflicted a humiliating 6-3 loss against its neighbor and its guest United on Sunday in the ninth stage of the English Premier League.
Foden (8, 44 and 73) and Halland (34, 37 and 64) scored City’s goals, while Brazilian Anthony (56) and French substitute Anthony Martial (84 and 90 + 1 penalty kick) scored United’s goals.
Halland became the first player in the history of the English Premier League to score a hat-trick in three home matches in a row, in the most prolific Manchester derby in history.
And the English champion raised his score to 21 points in second place, a point behind leaders Arsenal, who won Saturday 3-1 against his neighbor Tottenham.
Haaland, who arrived this summer from German Borussia Dortmund, continued his rocket launch for the season, breaking records, raising his score to 14 goals from the first 8 matches in the league and becoming the first player to score more than 11 goals in the first 10 matches in the tournament, surpassing the number of Mick Quinn and Senegalese. Babis Cisse and the Spaniard Diego Costa.
He also scored 17 goals in 10 matches with City.
After the match, Haaland said: “You can see the balls we passed to each other. We always want to go forward and attack.”
“lack of faith”
Spanish coach Pep Guardiola’s team maintained its unbeaten record in the league this season (six wins and two draws), knowing that he played with one of the big six for the first time.
After a disastrous start to the season after two defeats in a row, the Red Devils, led by their new Dutch coach, Eric Ten Hag, managed to rise and achieve four consecutive victories, including over Liverpool and Arsenal, before they relapsed with a humiliating defeat against City, to freeze their balance at 12 points in sixth place.
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was again absent from the starting lineup, so that Ten Hag was not used from the bench in the second half, unlike Brazilian Casemiro, who came from Real Madrid this season, who entered half an hour before the end.
After the match, Ten Hag said: “I’m very disappointed, especially for the lack of faith. I didn’t expect this… I was sure there was a good spirit and atmosphere but we didn’t bring that to the pitch today from the first minute. You’re going to concede goals when you fall back against top-class players who are on the pitch today. their team.”
“The team has been different for weeks… I will talk to the players, they know they can be better, we saw them against Liverpool and Arsenal but you won’t fight, you will have problems against a team like City.”
fiery start
City made a rocket start and opened the scoring after the Portuguese Bernardo Silva passed the ball from the left side into the area, followed by Foden, a quick lightning with his left, at the top right corner of the goal of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (8).
Haaland took full advantage of the presence of French defender Raphael Varane outside the field to treat a minor injury.
Three minutes later, the two players cooperated again after the Belgian raised a ball towards the second post inside the area, followed by a wonderful “beast” after extending his left leg to the maximum in the net (37), to raise his score to 8 assists in the league this season in top of the list.
Varane went out with an ankle injury in the 41st minute, and was replaced by Swede Victor Lindelof in the center of the defense.
The Norwegian played this time the role of the passer after he sent a beautiful ball from the left hallway towards the second post to Foden, the latter followed from close range amid defensive fragility (44).
Ten Hag paid the Block Show with Dutchman Tyrell Malacia at the start of the second half, before Anthony, who arrived from Ajax Amsterdam this summer for 82 million pounds, scored a superb goal with a left curling shot from outside the area to the right of fellow goalkeeper Ederson (56). .
Ten Hag then threw Casemiro and Martial, but Haaland, who in the previous stage became the first player in the history of the “Premier League” to score in his first four games outside his team’s rules, quickly scored the third personal goal with a left-footed shot from inside the area after a cross from Spaniard Sergio Gomis, who came on as a substitute for Kyle Walker at the end of the first half after the latter’s injury (64).
Foden scored his third personal goal with a deep pass from Halland after the young Englishman broke the offside trap and put it in the net (72).
“One will take the first-half ball and the other will take the second-half ball,” Foden said after the victory.
Foden and Haaland became the first two City players to score a hat-trick against United since Frances Lee in 1970, according to statistics website Opta.
Martial alleviated a little of the weight of his team’s loss first when he headed a ball that Ederson saved after a shot from Brazilian Fred, Jaydon Sancho’s replacement, after the Frenchman returned after an absence due to injury, before receiving a penalty kick after being obstructed by Portuguese Joao Cancelo who successfully translated it (90 +1).
The Danish city of Copenhagen will receive the third round of the Champions League group stage, Wednesday, in its quest to consolidate its lead after two victories over Seville and Borussia Dortmund, while United will head to Cyprus to face Omonia Nicosia Thursday in the European League “Europa League”.