Damper for Klopp’s successor
Goal machine Haaland turns game around for City in 13 minutes
14.09.2024, 18:53
Manchester City remains the measure of all things in the Premier League: The champions beat Brentford after falling behind early on – because the incredible Haaland scored his eighth and ninth goals in four games. The German football coach Fabian Hürzeler remains unbeaten, Liverpool slips up for the first time.
German football coach Fabian Hürzeler remains unbeaten with Brighton and Hove Albion in the English Premier League. His team missed the chance to temporarily move up to second place in the 0-0 home game against newly promoted Ipswich Town, but remained undefeated in the 31-year-old’s fourth game. With eight points, Hürzeler, who won the “Coach of the Month” award on Friday as the youngest coach in Premier League history, and his team are in the top half of the table. Brighton & Hove Albion’s next home game is on September 22nd. Nottingham Forest will be the guests at Falmer Stadium.
And the upcoming opponent proved his current top form in the afternoon, as Arne Slot, Jürgen Klopp’s successor as team manager of Liverpool FC, suffered a first bitter setback in the 0:1 (0:0) defeat against Nottingham. After three victories at the start, it was the “Reds'” first defeat in the league. Callum Hudson-Odoi (72′) shocked LFC with his goal.
Haaland with nine goals in four games
Champions Manchester City remain the measure of all things thanks to goal-guarantor Erling Haaland. The star striker single-handedly turned the home game against FC Brentford around with his brace (19th/32nd). Yoane Wissa (1st) had put the hosts behind with his early goal. City are at the top of the table with four wins from four games, Haaland has already scored nine goals this season. Former DFB captain İlkay Gündoğan was in the starting eleven for the first time in the triumph.
Without national striker Niclas Füllkrug, who was injured in his Achilles tendon, West Ham United avoided a setback at the very last second. In the 1:1 (0:1) draw at Fulham FC, Englishman Danny Ings equalized Raúl Jiménez’s goal (24th) in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Coach Oliver Glasner also prevented Crystal Palace from going down late, with former Bundesliga striker Jean-Philippe Mateta (47th/90th+2, penalty) saving a 2:2 (0:2) draw against Leicester City.