Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez send Manchester City to top of Premier League with battling win at Fulham
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City won 2-1 against Fulham and are cruising towards the title
For the first time since mid-February, Manchester City are back at the top of Premier League. It is surely where they will conclude this season even if the fighting display of Fulham in their 2-1 defeat was a reminder that they will not often have it easy.
Still, when there are game-changers of Julian Alvarez's quality in reserve it is hard to see what can stop City from a third straight title, a fifth in seven years. In just his eighth Premier League start, the Argentine international carried the day for the champions-elect, winning a penalty and delivering a strike sufficiently sublime to propel any team to the Premier League summit.
Shorn of Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, any other team might have struggled to click into gear, even against a Fulham side who had been sauntering their way towards the end of the season. Not City, however, who burst out of the traps thanks to the irrepressible Alvarez, the World Cup-winning forward who stands as a permanent reminder of the gaudy depth Pep Guardiola has at his disposal.
