English professional soccer's Manchester City (Man City) extended its winning streak to four games after 'best goal scorer' Elling Holland netted his eighth and ninth goals of the season.
City came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 at home in the fourth round of the 2024-2025 English Premier League (EPL) on Thursday (local time) at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, thanks to a multi-goal performance from Holland.
City, who won their first-ever four consecutive EPL titles last season, are unbeaten at the top of the standings with four wins since the start of the season.
They also moved ahead of Liverpool (9 points), who lost 0-1 to Nottingham Forest at the same time, in the title race.
City conceded an early goal just 22 seconds into the match when Yoannes Wissa scored a header after a chaotic opening.
John Stones, Manuel Akanji, 메이저사이트 and the rest of the defense failed to clear the ball, and Wissah headed home the bouncing ball.
City equalized in the 19th minute through Elling Holland's powerful right-footed turner.
Kevin De Bruyne nudged the ball to the right from in front of goal and Holland turned and struck a powerful right-footed strike that deflected off a defender and into the back of the net.
Holland broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute off a goal kick from goalkeeper Ederson.
Edersson aimed the kick at Holland at the edge of the box, and Holland sprinted to the ball, fought off a defender, and collected it.
Using the trajectory of the ball to her advantage, Holland accelerated and finished with her left foot when she was one-on-one with the goalkeeper to seal the game.
It was another multi-goal day for Holland, who has now netted nine goals in four league games, showing the destructive power of a 'monster striker'.
Brentford's young defender Kim Ji-Soo was not named in the starting lineup.
Manchester United (Man United) cruised to a 3-0 win over Southampton.
The Red Devils were denied a goal in the 33rd minute when goalkeeper Andre Onana saved a Southampton penalty kick.
United took the lead in the 35th minute when Mateusz Durich headed home from a corner kick on the left.
In the 41st minute, Marcus Rashford made it 2-0 with a low, right-footed strike from the edge of the box following a corner on the right.
United capitalized on their numerical advantage in the 34th minute of the second half when an opponent was sent off.
Diogo Dalot's cutback was finished by Alejandro Garnacho in stoppage time to seal the win.