I saw Erling Haaland's true feelings with body language towards Man City teammates as he breaks Rooney record
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City moved top of the Premier League by three points after surviving a scare to beat Brentford. City fell behind within 23 seconds as a defensive mix-up allowed Yoane Wissa to head in following some nice build-up from the kick-off for Brentford.
The following 20 minutes were nervy and mistake-ridden, but as soon as Erling Haaland guided in a leveller it was all City. Haaland was gifted a run on goal thanks to Ethan Pinnock's pondering under a long Ederson ball and he made no mistake for his 99th goal in a City shirt.
There wouldn't be a third goal - denying him a third hat-trick in as many games to seal his ton of goals for City - but with nine goals in four games it feels only a matter of time until he marks a century of strikes. ALSO READ: Man City vs Brentford highlights as it happened ALSO READ: Man City player ratings vs Brentford as Erling Haaland great but John Stones poor These are the moments you may have missed from City's latest win vs Brentford: Rico Lewis has played at left-back three times for City before, but often to fill a gap.
Against Brentford, Lewis started his fifth game of the season, finally moving over from right-back to give Kyle Walker a first start of the campaign.
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