Friday, January 20, 2023 – 2:10 PM
From / Ahmed Zahran.
ABU DHABI, January 20, WAM/ With two goals by Riyad Mahrez and another by young star Erling Haaland, Manchester City presented a historic “Remontada” in the English Premier League to confirm that he is still able to defend his title in the championship, after he overcame one of the most difficult obstacles this season by defeating Tottenham 4-2.
After Tottenham advanced with two goals in the first half, Manchester City responded strongly in the second half via a quadruple, so that Manchester City quickly crossed its slump and restored the winning tone in the English Premier League at the expense of Tottenham, which was a great inconvenience to him in the past seasons.
And this became only the second match in 55 matches in which Manchester City fell behind by two goals in the first half and returned to the result through Remontada in the second half throughout the history of its participation in the English Premier League, while the other matches ended in two draws and 51 defeats.
This victory gave Manchester City the opportunity to reduce the difference, albeit temporarily, with leaders Arsenal, as Manchester City raised its score to 42 points in second place, 5 points behind Arsenal, noting that Manchester City played a match more than Arsenal.
Manchester City can reduce the difference to only two points, if it beats Wolverhampton the day after tomorrow, Sunday, before Arsenal’s difficult match with Manchester United later the same day.
The return of Erling Haaland’s goals and the outstanding level of Riyad Mahrez and his double against Tottenham were among the most important features of yesterday’s match.
Mahrez scored two goals and set up a goal for Halland; To contribute a great deal to achieving victory. Thus, Mahrez contributed to a number of goals against Tottenham more than he contributed to any balance of goals against any other team, as he raised his balance against Tottenham to 7 goals he scored himself and 4 goals he made for his colleagues.
After the absence of Haaland’s goals in 3 of the last 4 matches played by Manchester City; As the player did not participate in the Chelsea match in the England Cup, the young Norwegian striker resumed his scoring record in yesterday’s match with a valuable goal that contributed to the “Remontada”.
Haaland raised his score to 22 goals at the top of the English Premier League scorer list this season, making this the most player to score goals in one season in the championship since Spain’s Josep Guardiola took over as coach of the team in 2016.
Ahmed Al-Boutli / Ahmed Zahran