Erling Haaland fires City to the Premier League summit as Burnley suffer relegation

Erling Haaland fires City to the Premier League summit as Burnley suffer relegation

Manchester claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over Burnley in the Premier League at Turf Moor on Wednesday.

The hosts carved out the opening chance just four minutes in, as Jadon Anthony wriggled his way into the area and aimed for the bottom corner, but Gianluigi Donnarumma was equal to it.

At the other end, Martin Dubravka was also forced into a sharp stop, getting a fingertip to Rayan Cherki’s strike to push it onto the crossbar.

However, a minute later, Erling Haaland opened the scoring after he was found by Jeremy Doku before dinking a composed finish beyond Dubravka.

Moments later, Zian Flemming could’ve restored parity for the Clarets, but he dragged his effort wide.

At the other end, City almost had a second when Nico O’Reilly met Rayan Ait-Nouri’s corner, but Dubravka was equal to it and was called into action again to repel his long-range effort.

Just before the break, Ait-Nouri was the next to test Dubravka, but his strike was comfortably gathered by the goalkeeper.