2024-02-10 14:51:11
Published on: 02/10/2024 – 3:51 p.m.
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Ten days following his return to competition, the Norwegian once once more became the top scorer in the championship with sixteen points. He hadn’t scored since the end of November.
Despite any performance, Pep Guardiola’s team takes the lead in the championship, with one more point (52) and the same number of matches played as Liverpool, which hosts Burnley in the followingnoon (4:00 p.m.).
Three days before his trip to Copenhagen for his first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, Pep Guardiola had chosen to leave Kyle Walker on the bench and especially his playing master Kevin De Bruyne, brilliant in recent weeks, but whose the return from injury is still recent.
Until their entry, shortly before the hour mark, the creativity of the reigning champions was felt, with very few chances and no shots on target until Erling Haaland’s two winning strikes. The Norwegian was first forgotten at the far post on a corner (71st), before being launched by de Bruyne on the counter-attack and getting rid of Branthwaite (85th).
Heavily penalized by the withdrawal of ten points inflicted for non-compliance with the rules of financial fair play, Everton remains relegated, one point behind Luton, who have two more matches to play.
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