Erling Haaland bagged a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City came back from two goals down to hammer Crystal Palace 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. It was a display of power from Pep Guardiola’s side that only needed 45 minutes to show their class and annihilate their opponents – after giving them a two-goal head start.Last weekend, Manchester City started their match at Newcastle in the best possible way, by scoring inside the first five minutes. This time, they were on the wrong end of an early opener. And it was an unfortunate ball that bounced off Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones before ending up behind Ederson. De Bruyne is so used to providing assists that he’s doing it even for his own goals!SECOND-HALF HAT TRICK FOR ERLING HAALAND pic.twitter.com/Ioh0bYtlNi— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 27, 2022 It was an unfortunate event for Guardiola’s side. Still, there was nothing unfortunate when the players in blue shirts allowed Joachim Andersen to head in powerfully from an Eberechi Eze corner with 21 minutes gone. The Cityzens missed a great chance to get back into the game when Phil Foden fired narrowly over the crossbar.City were two behind in Newcastle at one point but they managed to score two goals in quick succession to earn a point. That’s why nobody could write them off against the Eagles. And sure enough, Pep’s boys found a way back into the game.
First, Bernardo Silva shuffled the defenders and found the corner via a lucky deflection, giving the home crowd a taste of what was to follow. Nine minutes later, Foden lifted a perfect cross onto the head of Haaland to nod into the net and level.There were 30 minutes left and, at 2-2, you simply couldn’t predict anything but the home side’s victory. There were many delighted but there was nobody surprised when Haaland scored another just eight minutes after his first. Patrick Vieira watched on while his defence was falling apart and he could do nothing to prevent it. City found their groove and proceeded to turn their opponents into fine paste.Casemiro gets his first taste of the Premier League as United overcome the SaintsThe Norwegian beast scored his third of the day after he picked up an Ilkay Gundogan pass, turning and smashing in past Vicente Guaita.What a day for Haaland and his teammates!PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 4SaturdaySouthampton – Manchester United 0-1 (0-0)/Fernandes 55/Brentford – Everton 1-1 (0-1)/Janelt 84 – Gordon 24/Brighton – Leeds 1-0 (0-0)/Gross 66/Chelsea – Leicester 2-1 (0-0)/Sterling 47, 63 – Barnes 66/Liverpool – Bournemouth 9-0 (5-0)/Diaz 3, 85, Elliott 6, Alexander-Arnold 28, Firmino 31, 62, Van Dijk 45, Mepham 46 og/Manchester City – Crystal Palace 4-2 (0-2)/Silva 53, Haaland 62, 70, 81 – Stones 4 og, Andersen 21/19.30: (1.35) Arsenal (5.60) Fulham (9.00)Sunday16.00: (2.40) Aston Villa (3.35) West Ham (3.20)16.00: (2.85) Wolverhampton (3.15) Newcastle (2.75)18.30: (7.50) Nottingham Forest (4.40) Tottenham (1.50)***odds are subject to change