Manchester City made it three straight wins in the Premier League after defeating Sheffield United 2-1 on Sunday afternoon.
Premier League
Result: Sheffield United 1-2 Manchester City
Date: 27 August 2023
Venue: Bramall Lane
Pep Guardiola was not on the Citizens bench as he underwent back surgery this week, with assistant coach Juanma Lillo taking charge on the day.
There was a return for Bernardo Silva, who signed a new deal this week, as Phil Foden dropped to the bench while new signing Jeremy Doku was named on the bench.
The visitors had the ball in the back of the net on 20 minutes when the returning Nathan Ake bundled the ball home after a free-kick, however celebrations were cut short due to an offside in the build up on Rodri.
City had a glorious chance to take the lead in the 36th minute after being awarded a penalty for a for handball on Sheffield defender John Egan. Haaland stepped up but sent his spot-kick against the upright.
The home side, meanwhile, have been unbale to fashion any clear-cut openings of their own in the opening 45 minutes and had the woodwork to thank for going into the halftime break all square.
Haaland squandered another chance for the home side to go ahead on 51 minutes after the Norwegian got on the end of Kyle Walker's cross, but fired wide of the mark from eight yards out.
That all changed on 63 minutes as City opened the scoring on 63 minutes, with Haaland getting his goal after a delightful cross from Jack Grealish.
United went close to pulling themselves level with 15 minutes left on the clock through Hamer's powerful strike but Ruben Dias was well positioned to make a vital block in the box.
The home side got their reward with five minutes left on the clock as Jayden Bogle found the far corner with a wonderful effort to open his account for the season.
However, Sheffield's joy was short-lived though as City got the winning goal two minutes later when Foden's touch laid the ball up for Rodri, who smashed home a first-time strike in the box.
As a result, Guardiola claims his 200th Premier League win and has done it 269 matches, breaking Sir Alex Ferguson's record of 322 matches.
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