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EPL: Haaland fires Man City to top of table

Erling Haaland scored the only goal as Manchester City defeated Southampton in their English Premier League (EPL) encounter at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

The 24-year-old Norwegian striker scored in the first half of the uneventful encounter against EPL’s basement club.

Haaland netted in the fifth minute of the encounter, heading in Matheus Nunes’ cross to set the home side on the way to claiming all three points with his 11th goal of the season.

Pep Guardiola’s side returned to the top of the league with 23 points from nine matches, while Southampton remain without a win and are rooted to the bottom with just one point from the same number of matches.

In other matches, Aston Villa dropped points after conceding a 96th-minute goal to draw 1-1 with Bournemouth at Villa Park.

Ross Barkley had put Unai Emery’s side in the lead but Evanilson broke Villa’s heart at the death. Bryan Mbueno was the match-winner for Brentford with a 96th-minute goal in the Bees’ 4-3 win over ten-man Ipswich Town.

RESULTS

  • Manchester City 1-0 Southampton
  • Aston Villa 1-1 Bournemouth
  • Brentford 4-3 Ipswich Town
  • Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Raufu Musliyu

Raufu Musliyu is the Editor-in-Chief of News Flash Media Service. He is a PhD Student of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in the field of Mass Communication. Musliyu holds Masters of Science (M.Sc) Degree in Mass Communication majoring in Public Relations/Advertising. He also holds Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication. The Editor-in-Chief also bagged Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Relations. He is an Associate of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON). Musliyu is the Head of Corporate of Affairs & Administration of Abdulrauf Jimoh & Co.

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