English Premier League

FT Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Manchester City LWWWW 1
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Burnley LDLLL 0
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MNC101
BUR000
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Match Report

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Manchester City win to knock Arsenal out of first place

Erling Haaland's early goal sent Manchester City to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Burnley, which sent the Clarets back down to the Sky Bet Championship.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
11
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
8
65.5
Possession
34.5
28
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
620
Accurate Passes
281
689
Passes
356
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.2
24
Long Balls
61
9
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
10
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
13
11
Tackles
24
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
12
17
Effective Clearances
29
17
Clearances
29

Highlights

01:53 Where does the pressure lie now in the Man City vs. Arsenal title race? Watch on ESPN 02:31 Pep Guardiola: We have to win at any cost Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

BUR · 5-4-1

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 18Hjalmar EkdalCD
  3. 5Maxime EstèveCD-L
  4. 12Bashir HumphreysCD-R
  5. 3Quilindschy HartmanLB
  6. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  7. 29Josh LaurentCM-L
  8. 20James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  9. 11Jaidon AnthonyLM
  10. 17Loum TchaounaRM
  11. 19Zian FlemmingF

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Marc GuéhiCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 21Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 33Nico O'ReillyLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuAM-L
  11. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Burnley 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a through ball.
  2. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  3. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Antoine Semenyo.
  4. 72' Substitution, Burnley. Lyle Foster replaces Loum Tchaouna.
  5. 82' Substitution, Burnley. Armando Broja replaces Zian Flemming.
  6. 82' Substitution, Burnley. Florentino replaces Bashir Humphreys.
  7. 87' Substitution, Burnley. Marcus Edwards replaces Josh Laurent.
  8. 87' Substitution, Burnley. Mike Trésor replaces Jaidon Anthony.

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