Manchester City reversed Yizhen 4-1 to reach the top of the Premier League, Haaland scored a hat, De Bruyne passed Gundogan's return debut

In a key match in the second round of the English Premier League that ended on the evening of August 24, Beijing time, the defending champion Manchester City reversed promoted Ipswich 4-1 at home. In the first half, Delap broke the deadlock alone, and Haaland and De Bruyne scored three goals in four minutes to overtake the score. In the second half, Haaland scored another hat-trick from distance and Gundogan made his return debut. In the end, City kept the win until the end.

Manchester City started with two wins in a row to overtake Brighton to move to the top of the table, while Ipswich started with two consecutive defeats.

【Key Focus】

In the 7th minute, Ipswich made a steal at the back and launched a counterattack, and Delap received a straight plug to get a single chance to calmly push and score, and Ipswich led Manchester City 1-0.

In the 10th minute, Davies committed a foul in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty after watching the replay, and Haaland took the penalty to equalize in one fell swoop, Manchester City 1-1 Ipswich.

In the 14th minute, Ipswich goalkeeper Muric made a low-level mistake in passing the ball and was tackled by Savinho, and De Bruyne scored directly in front of the penalty area, Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich.

In the 15th minute, De Bruyne came to pass the ball over the top, Haaland headed it directly past the goalkeeper, and pushed the goal with his left foot to expand the score, Manchester City 3-1 Ipswich.

In the 88th minute, Haaland scored a hat-trick from a distance to make Manchester City 4-1 Ipswich.

【Wonderful Playback】

In the 3rd minute, Gvardiol crossed, and Muric got off Haaland and didn't kick it.

In the 28th minute, Doku broke through on the left and crossed, and Lewis burst out of the box from the penalty spot.

In the 30th minute, De Bruyne fired a shot from outside the box, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced.

In the 33rd minute, Akanji crossed, and Haaland shook his head to hit the top of the goal.

In the 43rd minute, Davis broke through and was closed by Lewis and Savio and fell to the ground, but the referee did not say it.

In the third minute of stoppage time of the half, Doku went down to the bottom of the triangle and returned the pass, and Haaland followed up with a shot that went wide.

In the 64th minute, Manchester City had a corner kick opportunity, Haaland headed the goal, and Muric flew to lift the ball over the crossbar.

In the 71st minute, Gundogan came off the bench and made his return debut. Gundogan played for Manchester City again after 441 days, and his last appearance for Manchester City was on 10 June 2023, in the 2022/23 Champions League final, where City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to complete the treble.

In the 79th minute, De Brané passed through and Haaland made the ball, and Grealish's shot was blocked.

【Player Rating】

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【Lineup】

Manchester City starters: 31-Ederson, 82-Lewis, 25-Akanji, 3-Dias, 24-Gvardiol, 8-Kovacic (50'5-Stones), 17-De Bruyne (90'27-Nunez), 20-B, 26-Savinho (71'19-Gundogan), 11-Doku (71'10-Grealish), 9-Haaland (91'87-McAti)

Subs not used: 18 Ortega, 2 Walker, 6 Ake, 78 Kabore

Ipswich starters: 1-Muric, 40-Tuanzebe (89'4-Edmundsun), 6-Ulfinden, 24-Greaves, 3-Leif Davies, 5-Sam Moses, 25-Luongo (71'11-Hahns), 18-Ben Johnson, 23-Smodrix (71'14-Jack Taylor), 20-Hutchinson (89'10-Chaplin), 19-Delap (83'16- Al Hamadi)

Subs not used: 28-Walton, 15-Burgess, 22-Connor Townsend, 12-Caust