Haaland’s Brace Powers Manchester City Past Crystal Palace
Erling Haaland scores twice as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 to stay close to the top of the Premier League
Dec 15, 2025 - In the first half of the match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, Erling Haaland made just two touches inside the opponent’s penalty area. For a striker of his caliber, however, even two touches were enough to make an impact.
In the 41st minute, Manchester City right-back Matheus Nunes delivered a precise cross from the right flank into the penalty area, finding Haaland perfectly positioned. The striker had not touched the ball prior to this moment, but with his first contact, he executed a textbook header, sending the ball past Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson. Goal.
Capitalising on this strike, Manchester City maintained their momentum after the break. In the 69th minute, Phil Foden extended the lead with a left-footed effort from outside the box, assisted by Ryan Cherki. City went 2-0 up, asserting control over the match.
In the 88th minute, City's Brazilian winger Savinho entered the Crystal Palace penalty area with the ball. Sensing danger, Crystal Palace goalkeeper Henderson was forced to foul him. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty. From the spot-kick, Haaland scored his second goal of the match in the 89th minute. The Norwegian star has now scored 37 goals in 27 matches for City this season, along with providing 5 assists. With this 3-0 victory, City now have 34 points from 16 matches. They are two points behind Arsenal, who are at the top of the table with 36 points from the same number of matches.
Tottenham Hotspur were the second-best team from the start of the match at the City Ground. Taking advantage of a mistake by their goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, Nottingham Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi scored two goals in the 28th and 50th minutes. Callum Hudson-Odoi also set up the final goal, scored by Ibrahim Sangaré in the 79th minute. Nottingham Forest are 16th in the table with 18 points from 16 matches. Tottenham are 11th with 22 points from the same number of matches.
In other English Premier League matches today, Sunderland defeated Newcastle 1-0. Aston Villa won 3-2 against West Ham.
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