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Daily Mirror
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Nathan Ridley

Steven Gerrard silences sack calls to stop Erling Haaland and Man City - 6 talking points

Erling Haaland's 10th goal in just six games but it wasn't enough to give Manchester City victory over Aston Villa.

The 22-year-old striker continued his remarkable start to life in the Premier League with another strike in the midlands, as Villa boss Steven Gerrard couldn't seem to ease the increasing pressure on his position. But his side responded in emphatic fashion, as Leon Bailey equalised in the 74th minute with a ferocious finish.

City took shortly the lead after half-time, stepping up a gear by suffocating the opposition defence once again. Haaland, who scored a hat-trick only three days ago to reach nine league goals, profited from a typically inch-perfect Kevin De Bruyne cross. That seemed like all Pep Guardiola and co needed to do, but a belter from Bailey levelled the scores late on and offered Gerrard some salvation.

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