Manchester City are hot on the heels of leaders Arsenal after their 3-1 victory against Leicester. The defending champions did not miss the chance to move back within three lengths of the Gunners at the top of the table, with an easy victory against the penultimate and one more record at the key for Erling Haaland.
City having a game late, it has the same number of games as Arsenal, who play a derby on Sunday at West Ham. The advance of the reds and whites is all the more fragile as they have to go to the Etihad in eleven days.
Despite the arrival of Dean Smith on the bench during the week, the Foxes, 19th two points behind the first non-relegation player, Everton, did not weigh heavily.
From the 5th minute, John Stones opened the scoring with a nice recovery at the entrance to the area (1-0, 5th), before Haaland doubled on penalty in the 12th.
Twelve minutes later, he offered himself his 5th double of the season (3-0, 25th), with a stung ball, reaching 32 league goals, equaling the record for the most for a season at 38 days. established by Mohamed Salah in 2017/2018.
The Norwegian, released at the break, has eight games left to reach or exceed the all-time record of 34 goals held jointly by Andy Cole with Newcastle in 1993/1994 and Alan Shearer the following year with Blackburn, when the English top flight counted 22 teams and 42 days.
Leicester still saved the honor in the 75th by Kelechi Iheanacho.
