{"id":482706,"date":"2024-05-04T14:39:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482706"},"modified":"2024-05-04T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:39:15","slug":"haaland-quadruple-vs-wolves-keeps-city-close-to-epl-top","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/haaland-quadruple-vs-wolves-keeps-city-close-to-epl-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland quadruple vs Wolves keeps City close to EPL top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland&#8217;s sensational four-goal performance propelled Manchester City closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive English league title.<\/p>\n<p>Facing the pressure of Arsenal&#8217;s earlier triumph over Bournemouth, City responded emphatically on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizens received an early boost with a contentious penalty decision in the 12th minute, courtesy of referee Craig Pawson. Haaland calmly dispatched the spot-kick, then added another just before halftime after drawing a foul from Nelson Semedo.<\/p>\n<p>In a display of aerial prowess, Haaland soared to nod home a superb far-post header, extending City&#8217;s lead. Despite a consolation goal from Hwang Hee-chan for Wolves, Haaland swiftly restored City&#8217;s dominance, latching onto Phil Foden&#8217;s exquisite lofted pass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83e\ude75<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\ude75 4-1 \ud83d\udc3a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ManCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uzmR3S88M\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/3uzmR3S88M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1786820770431119467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haaland&#8217;s masterclass took his Premier League tally to 25 goals for the season, securing a comfortable lead in the Golden Boot race.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez added the finishing touch with a goal five minutes from time, leaving City just one point behind Arsenal with three games remaining, giving them a slight edge in the title race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland&#8217;s sensational four-goal performance propelled Manchester City closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive English league title. Facing the pressure of Arsenal&#8217;s earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482707,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17183,20573],"news_category":[136,14235],"gn_keywords":[18121,20575],"acf":{"announce":"The Citizens demolished Wolverhampton 5-1 at Etihad","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482708,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482706\/revisions\/482708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482706"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482706"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}