‘Monster Striker’ Elling Hollan (23)’s hat-trick led England’s professional soccer Manchester City (Man City) to complete the defeat of Hwang Hee-chan (27)’s Wolverhampton.
Man City won 3-0 in the 2022-2023 English Premier League Round 21 home match against Wolverhampton held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England on the 22nd (local time).
National striker Hwang Hee-chan, who plays for Wolverhampton, started six consecutive league matches, but failed to record a single shot and was replaced by João Moutinho at the start of the second half.
Hwang Hee-chan, who scored his first goal of the season in the third round of the English Football Association (FA) Cup against Liverpool this month, is still recording only one assist in the EPL this season.
Man City, who actively attacked Wolverhampton’s goal, took the lead with Hollan’s goal in the 40th minute of the first half.
Kevin Debrawiner’s cross from the right side of the penalty area was headed in by Hollan.
Afterwards, Man City continued to look for an additional goal, and Jack Grealish’s sharp right-footed shot was blocked by Wolverhampton defender Nathan Collins in the first half extra time, ending the first half 1-0.
Wolverhampton, who did not attempt a shot in the first half, tried to change the frustrating atmosphere by replacing all the attackers with the start of the second half.
Hwang Hee-chan, Raul Jimenez, and Adama Traore were removed, and Moutinho, Matheus Cunha, and Pablo Sarabia were put in.
but didn’t see any effect. Rather, Wolverhampton gave away a penalty kick to Man City in the 5th minute of the second half.안전놀이터
Man City’s Ilkay Gundogan fell and was awarded a penalty kick while competing with Ruben Neves, and Haalan, the kicker, kicked the ball lightly with his left foot.
Haalan completed the hat trick four minutes later.
Wolverhampton goalkeeper Josesa’s pass was intercepted by Riyad Mahrez and passed short, and Hollan scored the third goal with his left foot in the center of the penalty area.
Haaland scored his 4th hat-trick in his 19th EPL game, according to football statistics specialist Opta, which is the shortest record ever, surpassing Ruud van Nistelrooy who scored his 4th hat-trick in his 65th game.
Alan Shearer (five times) in the 1995-1996 season is the only player in the EPL who has scored more hat-tricks than Haalan in a single season.
Hollan, the league’s top scorer, further solidified his lead by scoring goals 23-25 that day. He is 10 goals behind second place Harry Kane (Tottenham, 15 goals).
Hollan, who entered the EPL this season, surpassed last season’s top scorer Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Muhammad Salah (Liverpool)’s 23 goals in 19 games.
Man City, who smiled at Hollan’s performance, kept second place in the league (45 points), while Wolverhampton was only 17th (17 points).
After the game, Whoscored.com, a soccer statistics site, gave Hollan a rating of 9.1, the highest among both teams.
All of the defeated Wolverhampton players received ratings of 5 to 6 points, while Hwang Hee-chan received 6.0 points.