On the evening of September 23, Man City hosted Nottingham at Etihad Stadium in round 6 of the Premier League.
Haaland celebrates his goal against Nottingham.
With superior class, Man City did not take much time to control the game and create attacks towards the opponent's goal.
In the 7th minute, Kyle Walker broke the offside trap and crossed the ball for Phil Foden to volley into the visitors' net.
Continuing the momentum, the home team found a goal to double the gap just a few minutes later.
In the 14th minute, Matheus Nunes dribbled the ball down the sideline and crossed it for the familiar name Erling Haaland to head in, raising the score to 2-0.
With two goals as capital, Man City started to slow down. However, they still had sharp attacks.
But in the remaining time of the first half, they did not score any more goals.
On the contrary, throughout the first half, Nottingham was almost unable to attack under the pressure of the blue team.
Right at the beginning of the second half, Man City had to play with one less man when Rodri was sent off for choking Nottingham player Gibbs-White.
From this point on, the game turned around as Nottingham proactively pushed up their formation to look for a goal, while Man City retreated to play defense.
Despite having more players and holding the ball more, the away team's pressure on the field was not very effective.
Nottingham's most dangerous chance was Elanga's close-range volley, but goalkeeper Ederson dived to save it.
As for Man City, although playing with a low formation, they also had a few impressive attacks.
Unfortunately, the strikers of "The Citizen" were quite unlucky in front of goalkeeper Turner's goal.
In the end, Man City had a comfortable 2-0 victory over Nottingham, thereby maintaining the top position in the table.
Premier League football results on September 23:
9:00 p.m. September 23: Man City 2-0 Nottingham
9:00 p.m. September 23: Crystal Palace 0-0 Fulham
9:00 p.m. September 23: Luton Town 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
23:30 September 23: Brentford vs Everton
02:00 June 24: Burnley vs MU
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