Manchester City beat Leeds United 3-1 on Wednesday in an English Premier League Week 17 match.
The first half seemed destined to end goalless until Manchester City midfielder Rodri found the net in the 46th minute at Elland Road in Leeds.
Man City picked up where they left off in the second half when Norwegian star Erling Haaland scored in the 51st minute. Haaland netted again in the 64th minute to score his 20th goal in the league and give a 3-goal lead to his team. Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 20 Premier League goals.
“I have a [goal] target but I cannot say it,” Haaland said after the match. “I just said inside the dressing room that I could have scored five, but the most important thing is that we won. “We have to hunt Arsenal. I could have scored a couple more, but that’s life and I have to train more.”
Leeds were the creators of their own undoing at the start of the second half when Liam Cooper’s loose pass was intercepted by Grealish who unselfishly rolled it to Haaland who slotted City’s second into an empty net.
Pascal Struijk brought one back for Leeds with his header in the 73rd minute.
Man City, though, secured the win to move back up to second behind the Gunners and two points better off than third-placed Newcastle, both of whom won on Monday.
Leeds United is in the 15th place on 15 points and one of 11 teams separated by just eight points.
