On 71 minutes, delight for Manchester City and heartbreak for Brentford. Thomas Frank’s ploy of defending with 10 and hoping for a breakaway strike had disrupted the champions who appeared bereft of ideas. But then came the hosts’ sheer quality in a lightning sequence that had Rúben Dias finding Rodri near their area. He passed to Julián Álvarez whose ball landed at the thus-far ineffective Erling Haaland. Not now, though, because as he raced in, Kristoffer Ajer slipped and the deadly 23-year-old beat Mark Flekken to the goalkeeper’s right from inside the D.
Game over, despite Flekken’s appearance in City’s area at a 95th-minute corner. Haaland’s winner moves them to one point behind Liverpool, setting up their trip to Anfield on 10 March as a seismic clash that hands the victor total control of their destiny. Strap yourself in for that one.
Continue reading…On 71 minutes, delight for Manchester City and heartbreak for Brentford. Thomas Frank’s ploy of defending with 10 and hoping for a breakaway strike had disrupted the champions who appeared bereft of ideas. But then came the hosts’ sheer quality in a lightning sequence that had Rúben Dias finding Rodri near their area. He passed to Julián Álvarez whose ball landed at the thus-far ineffective Erling Haaland. Not now, though, because as he raced in, Kristoffer Ajer slipped and the deadly 23-year-old beat Mark Flekken to the goalkeeper’s right from inside the D.Game over, despite Flekken’s appearance in City’s area at a 95th-minute corner. Haaland’s winner moves them to one point behind Liverpool, setting up their trip to Anfield on 10 March as a seismic clash that hands the victor total control of their destiny. Strap yourself in for that one. Continue reading…
