Man Metropolis maintained their excellent begin within the new Premier League season as they beat Fulham 5-1 on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Regardless of not being at their absolute best Pep Guardiola’s facet dispatched their opponents on the day with ruthless ending {and professional} ease.
The reigning Champions began the higher of the 2 sides, settling down with their common intricate passing and constructing from the again. Mateo Kovacic and Phil Foden pulled the strings in midfield whereas new signing Jeremy Doku began on the correct wing with Julian Alvarez enjoying simply behind Erling Haaland.
Marco Silva’s facet, in the meantime, have been blissful to sit down again, take up the stress, and hit on the counter or search for a gap from set-pieces.
The hosts opened the scoring on the day after a passage of good interaction within the 31st minute. Kovacic discovered Haaland with an ideal by way of ball and the Norwegian unselfishly squared it for Alvarez. The Argentine tapped the ball in from close-range.
Throughout the area of two minutes, Fulham have been stage. The London facet received a nook and it was Raul Jiminez whose first-time volley was parried away by Ederson.
Nevertheless, it was straight into the trail of Tim Ream who slotted into an empty purpose to revive parity.
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Regardless of not being at their absolute best, Metropolis went into halftime with a 2-1 lead when Nathan Ake scored with a free header from a nook that rolled into the underside nook. Silva’s facet protested the choice to award the purpose regardless of VAR intervention. It appeared that Manuel Akanji might need obstructed Bernd Leno’s view within the Fulham purpose.
Haaland made it 3-1 within the 58th minute. Alvarez’s well-placed go set the Norwegian by way of on purpose who scored clinically with a first-time end. The 23-year-old PFA Participant of the 12 months then made the factors secure within the seventieth minute.
Haaland scored from the spot once more after Alavarez was introduced down within the field by Issa Diop. The left-footed striker accomplished his hattrick deep into stoppage time, scoring his fiftieth league purpose in a report 39 appearances.
Metropolis, with 4 wins out of 4, will now head into the worldwide break on the prime of the desk. Guardiola’s facet will journey to London subsequent to tackle West Ham. Fulham, in the meantime, will look to bounce again towards newly promoted Luton City.
Photograph credit score: IMAGO / Propaganda Photograph
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