City secured a 1-0 victory over Burnley, moving to the top of the Premier League. Erling Haaland scored the only goal, marking his 35th of the season, while Burnley was relegated.
City go top with narrow victory over Burnley
City have gone top of the Premier League after a 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.
The winning goal came after just four minutes with Erling Haaland grabbing his 35th goal of the campaign, but despite numerous opportunities, the Blues had to settle for a narrow , but thoroughly deserved win.
The Clarets are relegated as a result and City climb to the summit to end Arsenal’s 200 day-stint at the top.
City fairly flew out of the blocks, brimming with confidence and creativity.
With only four minutes played, a lovely move involving Bernardo, Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki saw the latter fire what seemed a certain goal only for Martin Dubravka to push onto the crossbar.
A minute later and the Blues were ahead after a wonderful turn and threaded pass from Jeremy Doku set Haaland clear and the Norwegian kept his cool to calmly lift the ball over Dubravka to cap a whirlwind start.
Manchester City won 1-0 against Burnley with a goal from Erling Haaland in the fourth minute.
City's victory allowed them to climb to the top of the Premier League, ending Arsenal's 200-day reign at the summit.
Erling Haaland scored the winning goal for Manchester City, marking his 35th goal of the season.
Burnley's loss to Manchester City resulted in their relegation from the Premier League.
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But the alarm bells were ringing on seven minutes when Quilindschy Hartman looked certain to equalise with the Clarets exploiting space in the City box, but a fine, last-ditch Abdukodir Khusanov block saved the day.
The Blues were bossing the majority of possession, but too many loose passes saw attacks fizzle out and the next big chance fell for Zian Flemming who wasted a good opportunity by screwing his shot well wide.
The pattern continued after the break, but a powerful burst from Semenyo saw the ball fall to Haaland 15 yards out and his low shot kissed the outside of the left post.
A second goal felt crucial for the Blues.
On 69 a nice interchange between Cherki and Marc Guéhi ended with a low cross that Haaland was a whisker away from connecting with from six yards out.
Nico O’Reilly had a terrific chance to end the game as a contest in the closing minutes, but City saw the game out and got the job done.
BURNLEY: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Laurent (Edwards 87), Estève, Hartman; Humphreys (Florentino 82), Tchaouna (Foster 71), Ward-Prowse; Anthony (Tresor 87), Flemming (Broja 82)
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Ugochukwu, Pires.
CITY: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri ((Nico 65),, Bernardo, O’Reilly, Semenyo (Savinho) 65), Cherki, Doku, Haaland
Abdukodir Khusanov again showed maturity beyond his years with another flawless display.
His superb block early in the first-half kept the scores level and he continues to grow in confidence and look more polished with each passing game.
It was far from our best performance of the season and that is surely down to Sunday’s monumental effort against Arsenal.
The energy expended in that game seemed to have left the Blues a bit leggy and nowhere near the sharp levels of the past month.
But the victory, however narrow, is all that matters right now.
If goal difference does come into play later in this title race, that can be dealt with accordingly!
To follow...
City go top of the Premier League for the first time since August.
The Blues are now level on points with Arsenal, and both teams have a goal difference of +37 - but we have scored more goals and so head the table.
City take a breather from this relentless Premier League title race by taking on Southampton in the FA Cup semi-final.
The Blues are chasing a fourth successive FA Cup final against the in-form Championship side in a game that will be played at Wembley on Saturday, 25 April with a 17:15 kick-off.
The winners will face Chelsea or Leeds United in the final.
Pep Guardiola’s brilliant Blues are on the hunt for yet more silverware under Wembley’s famous arch.
We return to the national stadium on Saturday 25 April in a 17:15 (UK) kick-off for our FA Cup semi-final with Southampton.
And Members can be there with prices starting from £30 for adults and £20 for U18s and over 65s.
As we’ve seen with other recent Wembley visits, it’s an occasion not to be missed!