Man City

Erling Haaland stayed hot, Jack Grealish finally contributed and Brenden Aaronson was given an impossible task. Here's how Man City beat Leeds.

Haaland on Man City adapting to his style of play rather than the other way around: "It's a fantastic first half-year to work with Pep and work with such amazing players, and not only the coaching staff and the players but the medical staff has been working so good for me to fix my body. The league is so competitive, every moment of every game is so vital, and our ability to concentrate and be disciplined and play the way we want and still have intensity and play with quality in all phases -- man, what a big challenge. (laughs) First of all, the expectation of our fans is this is a high-level Premier League team and they want a winner. [Italy](/football/team?id=162) international [Wilfried Gnonto](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/297784/Wilfried-Gnonto) was Leeds' biggest threat with his trickery and pace down the left, but without a target man to aim for, Gnonto's work came to nothing. I've been having some small problems but now it's getting much better and it's been a pleasure honestly to work with these guys and improve my game because I'm still young and that's something I want to do -- I want to improve and I want to become better. I'm challenging them to grow and get better, and it's also a big challenge for me as a manager to find ways against the best teams and best coaches in the world, to find ways to be who we want to be." I thought in many moments -- it's Man City, in many ways for me the best team in the world with one of the best coaches in the world, so you can't contain them entirely, but I thought we did a pretty good job." [Arsenal](/football/team?id=359) beating West Ham on Monday, it was crucial that City maintained the pressure on Mikel Arteta's Gunners with a win against Jesse Marsch's Leeds. Pascal Struijk pulled one back for the home side in the 73rd minute off a corner kick. [FC Salzburg](/football/team?id=2790) forward can't be blamed for his team's lack of cutting edge against the champions. Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch on whether he had hope once Leeds pulled one back: "The thing we know about our team is that we never quit. [Best/worst performers](#bestworst)

Erling Haaland enjoyed a happy homecoming as he returned to the city of his birth on Wednesday in the Premier League and scored twice in a 3-1 win for ...

The two combined again just after the hour to make it 3-0 and seal the three points. Pascal Struijk did pull one back for Leeds but it was just a consolation as the night belonged to Haaland. City then doubled their lead five minutes after the restart.

Manchester City cruised to a 3-1 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League match on Wednesday. | Football News.

Then that early goal after the break killed us." "We have to hunt Arsenal. "I have a (goal) target but I cannot say it," Haaland told Amazon.

Leeds, December 29 (IANS): Erling Haaland scored a brace of goals as Manchester City produced another fine display to beat Leeds United 3-1 at Elland Road ...

And City soon had a third when Grealish and Haaland linked up to devastating effect once again. But City won the ball back and produced a slick move that ended with Mahrez's shot being well saved by the excellent Meslier, only for Rodri to tap home into the empty net. Others in the list are Fernando Torres (27) and Alan Shearer (29).

Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored twice against Leeds United to become the fastest player to 20 goals in the Premier League.

“With my father in the (stands) over there, it's special,” the 22-year-old Haaland said. The Norwegian star, who was born in Leeds, reached the mark in 14 games. Haaland scored twice to become the fastest player to 20 goals.