Erling Haaland might not hog all of Manchester City바카라™s goals this season, after all. Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden were City바카라™s scorers 바카라” along with an own-goal 바카라” in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday at Etihad Stadium. (More Football News)
The Norway striker scored both of City바카라™s goals in its opening-weekend 2-0 win at West Ham but was mostly crowded out a week later as Bournemouth sat deep with plenty of men behind the ball in a match that resembled an attack vs. defense training exercise.
City바카라™s midfielders reaped the benefits of the extra focus on Haaland. Gundogan바카라™s goal did involve City바카라™s new star striker, with Haaland holding off his marker with his back to goal and clipping a ball through to the Germany midfielder.
Gundogan바카라™s left-footed finish found the bottom corner in the 19th for his 50th goal for City. De Bruyne scored the pick of the goals, the playmaker cutting inside on a counterattack led by Foden in the 31st, beating a defender and bending his shot with the outside of his right foot into the far corner.
De Bruyne returned the favor for Foden six minutes later, slipping a brilliant pass through the legs of a defender and into the path of his teammate, who took a touch and fired in a deflected shot that beat goalkeeper Mark Travers.
Haaland바카라™s best chance fell in the 73rd when he mishit a first-time shot wide from Jack Grealish바카라™s cut-back. The striker was substituted moments later. The scoring was completed by Jefferson Lerma, who unwittingly turned a cross from Joao Cancelo into his own net from inside Bournemouth바카라™s six-yard box.
It was a wake-up call for Bournemouth after the promoted team started the season with a surprisingly comfortable 2-0 win over Aston Villa last weekend. City manager Pep Guardiola again chose to start with Bernardo Silva on the bench. The Portugal midfielder has been linked with a move to Barcelona and didn바카라™t start against West Ham, either.
