Manchester City 5-1 Fulham: Picking up the issues

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Manchester City 5-1 Fulham: Picking up the issues after the Premier League game, the Blues were very sharp and annihilated their opponents.

  • Manchester City continues to show a luxurious form worthy of the former champions.
  • Erling Haaland continues to break records.
  • Debate over Nathan Ake’s goal

Erling Haaland breaks Premier League record again

Erling Haaland’s debut season with Manchester City was outstanding both as a team and as an individual. He won the treble at the age of just 22 and finished with the Premier League Golden Boot award.

This season, Haaland may heat slowly. But it came at just the right time with three goals and one assist. His four goal involvement in the match took the Norwegian striker to 50 goals and assists combined. Only 39 appearances on the field, the highest in Premier League history ever.

The absence of Joao Palinha causes Fulham problems.

Man City keep the midfield under control That’s partly because Fulham are missing key midfielder Joao Palinha, who missed a move to Bayern Munich on deadline day and he’s out of the game.

We expected City to dominate the game for the majority of the game, but the absence of Palinha hurts Fulham as it gives the Manchester hosts access to the defensive line quicker. As there is no Portuguese midfield filter, Harrison Reid, who has been in the starting line-up, is irreplaceable.

Nathan Ake’s goal was offside or not?

Fulham boss Marco Silva has criticized refereeing as a big mistake. From the rhythm of the goal, leading 2-1 at the end of the first half of Nathan Ake, seeing it as an offside ball

The shock of the problem occurred during the first half stoppage time. When the score was still tied at 1-1, Foden took a corner kick for Ake to hit the net, but Manuel Akanji was standing in front of the goal in an offside position, blocking the path of Bernd Leno’s pass.

On-field referee Michael Oliver gave Manchester City a goal, while the VAR panel, led by Tony Harrington, confirmed the goal. Amid heavy protests from the away team

Mike Dean, former Premier League referee He confirmed that it was the referee’s mistake in not calling him offside.

“I don’t think this moment can be a goal,” said Dean.

“Akanji jumps over a soccer ball. And it must be counted as disturbing the opposite side. He made Leno hesitate.”