{"id":14526,"date":"2024-05-19T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=14526"},"modified":"2024-05-19T10:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:15:32","slug":"haaland-tells-manchester-city-to-relax-as-title-race-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/haaland-tells-manchester-city-to-relax-as-title-race-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland Urges Manchester City to &#8216;Relax&#8217; as Title Race Nears Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erling Haaland (23) has advised his Manchester City teammates to &#8220;relax&#8221; after their 2-0 victory over Tottenham brought them closer to making English football history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday&#8217;s win in north London, featuring two goals from Haaland, allowed City to win their game in hand and reclaim the top spot, moving two points ahead of Arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A victory at home against West Ham on Sunday will now secure City their fourth consecutive Premier League title, an unprecedented achievement in the top tier of English football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yeah, fantastic mentality,&#8221; Haaland told City+. &#8220;Focus on game by game and now relax. We came here to try to win and we won.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haaland opened the scoring six minutes into the second half by tapping in a pass from Kevin De Bruyne and then doubled City&#8217;s lead from the penalty spot after Jeremy Doku was fouled by Pedro Porro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live<a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> football scores<\/a> delivered to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This team! ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ManCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqaCb5p98i\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cqaCb5p98i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1790505971686461840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tottenham had a chance to equalize, but City reserve goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, who replaced the injured Ederson following a challenge with Cristian Romero, made a crucial save in a one-on-one situation against Son Heung-min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They&#8217;re a fantastic team,&#8221; Haaland said of Spurs. &#8220;Everyone knows they want to play all the time and all praise to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was really difficult, but yeah, we came here to try and win and we won. That&#8217;s my only thing and I&#8217;m happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think we were a bit nervous. I think that&#8217;s normal; there&#8217;s a lot of emotions for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Everyone knows the situation, but it&#8217;s about not thinking too much. Try to focus on your things to do and try to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: &#8220;Ortega man of the match&#8230; What can I say? He&#8217;s incredible and such a good guy as well, so I&#8217;m happy for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland (23) has advised his Manchester City teammates to &#8220;relax&#8221; after their 2-0 victory over Tottenham brought them closer to making English football history. Tuesday&#8217;s win in north London, featuring two goals from Haaland, allowed City to win their game in hand and reclaim the top spot, moving two points ahead of Arsenal. 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