BREAKING: Kevin De Bruyne And #Haaland Destroys #Arsenal At Etihad As Manchester City Set To Win 2022/2023 #EPL Title—-Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and set up another as Manchester City put in a dominant display to beat Arsenal 4-1 and move within two points of first place with two games in hand.
The hosts made an electric start and Arsenal could hardly keep pace as De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva caused chaos in the Arsenal backline.
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But it was a route one approach that gave City the lead. A clearance from deep inside their own half was controlled by Erling Haaland, whose flick found De Bruyne running at goal. And the Belgian’s burst of pace bought him enough space to rifle past Aaron Ramsdale.
City continued in search of a second and Ramsdale did brilliantly to deny Haaland three times in 10 minutes as the Norwegian sought to score his 33rd goal of the league season.
Yet it was John Stones who eventually doubled City’s lead, heading home another pinpoint De Bruyne cross on the stroke of half-time. Despite an initial flag for offside, VAR judged that Ben White’s foot was just ahead of Stones’ shoulder.
Ramsdale pulled off yet another remarkable save early in the second half as Haaland raced through on goal, but he could not stop De Bruyne’s effort just moments later.
Haaland turned creator once again and slipped the midfield maestro through, De Bruyne slotting through Rob Holding and past Ramsdale to make it three.
Pep Guardiola’s side sat back and Arsenal grabbed a consolation four minutes from time as Holding found space inside the box to bend past Ederson.
But in reality, City never looked like throwing it away and dealt a final blow in injury time as Haaland struck – breaking the record for most goals in a 38-game season in the progress.
City are two points behind leaders Arsenal – but with two games in hand, the Premier League title is now well within reach for a third consecutive season.
More to follow.
