Haaland scores twice as Manchester City hold off Ipswich in 3-2 win

Erling Haaland struck twice as defiant Manchester City marched on at the top of the Premier League by holding on for a 3-2 win over Ipswich.

Haaland scored his 12th goal of the season as City defeated Ipswich in the Premier League

Erling Haaland starred with a double as Premier League leaders Manchester City beat Ipswich 3-2, while Liverpool came from behind to seal a 2-1 win at Brentford on Saturday.Beaten by City in their previous league game, Liverpool are up to fifth place after inflicting Brentford's first league defeat of the season.

Erling Haaland did what Erling Haaland does on Saturday — score two goals — but Manchester City's star striker limped off and quickly exited the pitch at full-time after beating Ipswich Town 3-2.

There have been few winners in Manchester City’s guilty verdict, except highly paid lawyers and the inflatable fruit industry. The fans have suffered, being forced to question everything they have been told, while being labelled “cheats” but they were able to forget the cacophony of noise around the club as Enzo Maresca became the first manager in history to win his first seven games in charge of a team. Ipswich were the latest victims but they put up a fight in City’s first home Premier League game since being found to have breached financial rules. Defiance has fortified the majority of the City fanbase, who were able to see local boy Phil Foden instigate the triumph with a kiss of the badge, before an emblem of their wealth, Erling Haaland, secured the points to move six clear of the nearest challengers with a clinical double, albeit with a few scares between. Ipswich scored through Daizen Maeda and Zian Flemming’s late penalty. Continue reading...