“Manchester City” returned to the first place in the Premier League. The reigning champion won on Thursday night at home to West Ham United (3:0), and Erling Haaland scored again for the “townsmen”. Also on Thursday, “Liverpool” won the match with “Fulham” – 1:0.

Erling Haaland was ahead of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer

Manchester City regained the lead in the Premier League and won 2-0 at West Ham United without much emotion.

Pep Guardiola’s men controlled the game from end to end, and although the score was 0-0 at half-time, the hosts were untroubled in the second half.

Nathan Ake opened the scoring for City in the 50th minute after Mahrez’s header.

The evening could not be complete without Erling Haaland, who also scored a goal. The Norwegian scored a superb brace in the 70th minute to take his tally to 35 in the Premier League this season.

With this goal, Haaland surpassed Andy Cole and Alan Shearer in the ranking for the number of goals scored in one season of the Premier League.

In the 85th minute, Phil Foden scored the final score of the game with a deflected shot.

Also on Thursday night, “Liverpool” hosted “Fulham” and Klopp’s men managed to give an advantage thanks to the success of Mohamed Salah (39th minute), who realized a shot from 11 meters.

Premier League standings

1 Manchester City 79p

2 Arsenal 78p

3 Newcastle United 65p

4 Manchester United 63p

5 Liverpool 59p

6 Tottenham Hotspur 54p

7 Aston Villa 54p

8 Brighton 52p