Haaland Fires Man City Up To Second In Premier League

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With a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday, Erling Haaland scored two goals to move Manchester City into second place in the Premier League.

The Cherries placed second in the English top flight with the longest unbeaten run ever.

The Norwegian striker, who has 13 Premier League goals in 10 games, did not help Andoni Iraola’s side.

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As City’s title challenge was narrowed to six points ahead of Arsenal, and City are now one point ahead of Liverpool, who will face them next weekend, thanks to Haaland’s unwavering success.

Pep Guardiola remained confident that his side can be a threat to Arsenal in May despite playing his first game away from Aston Villa last weekend for the first time.

On November 2, 2025, Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #9 Erling Haaland (L) celebrates after scoring their second goal in the English Premier League game between Manchester City and Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north of England. (Photo by Paul ELLIS/AFP)

Rayan Cherki and Phil Foden both excelled in creative roles, and Nico O’Riley became the first City player to score in the Premier League for more than a month.

Bournemouth got off to a strong start, buoyed by their unbeaten run since winning at Liverpool on the opening night of the season.

However, when Cherki’s header made it clear that they were brave, the brave high line was exposed 17 minutes later.

Eight minutes later, when Gianluigi Donnarumma claimed he was impeded as the Italian attempted to collect a corner and fired the loose ball home, the visitors levelled.

Before half-time, Haaland reclaimed City’s lead before half-time by slotting home Petrovic’s 26th goal for the club and country this season onto another Cherki pass in behind the Bournemouth defense.

On November 2, 2025, Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #9 Erling Haaland (2R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of the English Premier League match between Manchester City and Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north of England. (Photo by Paul ELLIS/AFP)

After Luis Suarez and Robbie Fowler, the 25-year-old became the third player to have scored more goals in four Premier League home games in a row.

Guardiola has demanded more attacking players’ contributions to lessen his prolific top nine’s goalscoring burden.

No other City player has scored more than once this season in the league, but O’Riley scored from full-back to tie the score at one point.

O’Riley strode forward before arrowing a low shot into the far corner, where Foden was the creator.

With one eye on Borussia Dortmund’s return to his former club on Wednesday, Haaland was denied a hat-trick as Omar Marmoush replaced him eight minutes from time.