BREAKING: Manchester City Dumps #Arsenal On #EPL Table After Defeating #Fulham—Manchester City beat Fulham 2-1 to leapfrog Arsenal and go top of the Premier League table after recording yet another impressive victory under pressure.
City flew out of the blocks and won a penalty inside 90 seconds when Julian Alvarez was brought down by Tim Ream. Erling Haaland stepped up to thump home City’s opener and score his 50th goal in all competitions this season.
Marco Silva’s side equalised with their first big chance of the afternoon when Harry Wilson intelligently nodded the ball into the path of Carlos Vinicius, who smashed his effort past Ederson and into the back of the net.
City stepped up their pursuit for a goal, and on 28 minutes, Jack Grealish thought he had fired his side back ahead but his curling effort was tipped onto the crossbar by Bernd Leno.
Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead with 10 minutes to go in the first half when Alvarez, with no real options to pass to, decided to go for goal and unleashed a stunning effort from distance which looped over Leno and into the top corner.
Leno was on hand with two stunning saves to keep Fulham in the game just four minutes apart in the second half, the first was a reaction save to his right to deny Haaland before pulling off a similar stop to deny Alvarez to his left.
City controlled large periods of the second half as they looked to score a third goal to kill off the contest but had to settle for a nervy ending as they won 2-1.
