Manchester City striker Haaland contributed to the team in the first 10 minutes.

(Reuters)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (Erling Haaland), who frequently rewrites the Premier League scoring record, has been given more than a month of rest in disguise because his home country Norway failed to enter the World Cup.

In the English League Cup (referred to as the League Cup) held this morning in Taiwan time, Haaland once again showed his scoring ability. He opened the scoring for the team in the 10th minute of the game. In the end, Manchester City also overcame the danger of tying for the second time. With 3:2, they retreated from the previous League Cup champion Liverpool and successfully advanced to the final 8.

Haaland has played 13 games in the Premier League so far and scored 18 goals, ranking first in the Premier League scorer list alone.

After contributing to the team shortly after the start of the game yesterday, it was also his 24th goal in the major leagues this season.

At that time, Kevin De Bruyne, the midfielder who assisted Haaland, contributed two key assists in this game, including a wonderful pass to his teammates in the second half, which helped Manchester City approach the biggest competition of the year by one goal. Rival Liverpool.

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Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne sent 2 assists in a single game, and also played the winning role.

(Associated Press)

Manchester City, which won the League Cup four times in a row from 2017 to 2021, has won the League Cup eight times in team history, making it one of the most successful teams in game history.

However, due to their upset exit in the fourth round of the last game, Liverpool won the championship again after 10 years. Therefore, the latter also won the title of the most championships in the League Cup with 9 crowns.

In addition to the fierce competition in the League Cup, in the more important Premier League, the two armies have ranked in the top two in the standings for 3 seasons in the past 4 years, and Manchester City only narrowly beat their opponents by 1 point in the two seasons of the title. The two sides played against each other in 2009. The battle was always extremely fierce.

After crushing Liverpool's dream of defending the League Cup, Manchester City will also play in the quarter-finals on January 10 next year.

The main battlefield, the Premier League, will also restart next Monday. Liverpool, currently ranked 6th, will play on Tuesday Taiwan time, and Manchester City, which is second in the league, will play the first game of the second half of the Premier League in the early hours of Thursday.

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