Erling Haaland Scores Hattrick, Man City Beats Chelsea In Pre-season Match

Manchester City beat Chelsea 4-2 in pre-season matches in the United States. (X/@ManCity)

Striker Erling Haaland again showed his sharpness when he brought Manchester City to a 4-2 win over Chelsea in a pre-season match. Haaland scored a hat trick when Man City ended the tour at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, United States, Sunday, August 4, 2024 morning WIB.

The warm-up match from the two teams before meeting in the first week of the English Premier League. Yes, the defending champion Man City has already faced Chelsea in the first match of the competition.

In that big match, Man City played an away match by visiting The Blues headquarters at Stamford Bridge Stadium, Sunday, August 18, 2024 evening WIB.

Before playing Chelsea in the league, Man City met one city rival again, Manchester United in a Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium, Saturday, August 10, 2024 evening WIB. MU is the winner of the FA Cup which thwarted Man City's ambition to win a double title after winning 2-1 in the final.

Man City himself went on a pre-season tour with unsatisfactory results. They lost 3-2 against AC Milan and then drew 2-2 against Barcelona. In the penalty shootout, Man City lost 4-1 because only one player was able to carry out the execution.

In the last pre-season match, Man City was only able to win. However, pre-season achievements have not affected The Cityzens' preparations for this season's competition.

Pep Guardiola's manager is also trying out the players who sit on the bench more often. Meanwhile, players who appear at Euro 2024 and the 2024 Copa America are still enjoying their vacation.

In the match against Chelsea, which had been delayed due to bad weather accompanied by lightning, Man City took the lead through Haaland's quick goal from the penalty spot. This Norwegian national team striker's goal was created when the game had only been running for four minutes.

Just one minute later, Haaland broke into Chelsea's goal again. Within five minutes, goalkeeper Robert Sanchez had already picked up the ball twice from the net.

The situation is getting worse for Chelsea's new manager Enzo Maresca. When the second half had only been running for 10 minutes, Man City added another goal. This time, Haaland's colleague in the national team, Oscar winger Bobb, increased his lead to 3-0.

And one minute later, Haaland scored again which completed the hat-trick. The score changed to 4-0 when the game entered minute 56.

Chelsea could only score after Man City lowered the tempo of the game. Former Man City player Raheem Sterling who came in to replace Moises Caicedo managed to break into the opponent's goal in the 59th minute.

Furthermore, Noni Madueke had the opportunity to beat the third goalkeeper of The Cityzens Scottatur who replaced Stefan Ortega. Madueke's goal was created in the last minute. The score changed to 4-2 and lasted until the end of the match.

Manchester City: Ortega Moreno (Carson 80), Lewis (Susoho 70), Phillips (Mfuni 87), Gvardiol Doyle 87), Wilson-Esbrand (Galvez 46), Kovacic (Wright 80), McAtee (Perrone 80), OSauel 87), Bobb (Fatah 70), Grealish (Ndala 70), Haaland (C) (Oboavwoduo 80)

Chelsea: Sanchez, James (C), Tosin (Badashile 59), Colwill, Gusto, Lavia, Caicedo (Sterling 46), Enzo (Guiu 59), Dewsbury-Hall, Nkunku, Mudryk (Madueke 46)