Man City 3-2 Ipswich: Report, result, goals from Premier League… and why third Erling Haaland goal showed striker is ‘not normal’

Erling Haaland’s brace helped Manchester City extend their perfect start to the Premier League season to eight games and Ipswich Town’s two-match winning streak ended at the Etihad Stadium.

The restored Phil Foot He struck from Jeremy Doku’s cross to put City ahead, only for Ipswich to equalize when Daizen Maeda raced into the box and beat Gianluigi Donnarumma clinically as part of an incisive move.

Haaland He headed Mateo Kovacic’s cross past grounded keeper Christian Walton to restore City’s lead at half-time and produced a composed touch and finish from Iliman Ndiaye’s pass to extend their lead in the second period.

An offside decision by the video assistant denied Haaland a third as the Norwegian striker fired over seconds after Ndiaye hit the crossbar, and Zian Flemming then converted a penalty following a Marc Guehi foul on Abdul Fatawu.

Manchester City vs Ipswich: Haaland’s goal ‘not normal’

Ipswichwho started with nine points after back-to-back wins away to Crystal Palace and at home to Fulham, produced another impressive display, equalizing courtesy of a quick counter-attack and setting up a suspenseful finish 12 minutes into second-half added time.

The Tractor Boys, who had Walton to thank for a number of excellent saves, were unlucky to run into a striker in exceptional form, with Haaland scoring in a sixth consecutive Premier League appearance for his best such run since a seven-match run between August and October 2022.

“Ndiaye does well to set up Haaland,” said ex-Ireland forward Clinton Morrison on Sky Sports of City’s third goal.

“This guy (Haaland) is not normal as he tells (Dango) Ouattara ‘Get me down’ and rolls him into the bottom corner.”

The Cityzens suffered their first defeat of the season in all competitions with a 4-2 defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain. Champions League on wednesday

Man City team vs Ipswich Town

City made four changes from their defeat at Liverpool last Sunday, bringing in Doku, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic and Foden.

Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki were benched.

Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Ndiaye, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland

Substitutes: Geronimo Rulli, Anderson, Rayan Cherki, Fernandez, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Josko Gvardiol, Allan, Antoine Semenyo, Abdukodir Khusanov

Ipswich team vs Manchester City

Ipswich made two changes from their win over Fulham, replacing Sasa Lukic and Jaden Philogene with Jacob Greaves and Exequiel Palacios.

Abdul Fatawu returned from suspension to the bench.

Ipswich Town: Christian Walton, Ouattara, Axel Disasi, Dara O’Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Florentino Luis, Daizen Maeda, Julio Enciso, Exequiel Palacios, Emersonn

Substitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Darnell Furlong, Cedric Kipre, Azor Matusiwa, Abdul Fatawu, Zian Flemming, Jaden Philogene, Chuba Akpom, Jack Clarke

Man City vs Ipswich Premier League Stats, Form

• City recently faced Ipswich in the 2024/25 Premier League season, winning both legs 10-1 on aggregate (4-1 home, 6-0 away).
• They are unbeaten in 31 Premier League games against promoted sides (28 wins, 3 draws) since losing 2-1 at home to Leeds in April 2021.
• The Cityzens have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their last 12 such games. At the Etihad Stadium, they have won all 16 games since the defeat to Leeds, scoring 53 goals along the way.
• Only once in their league history have City won their first seven from the start of a league campaign, in the Second Division in 1897/98.
• Erling Haaland has scored four goals in two Premier League games against Ipswich Town and has scored 20 goals in 21 games against newly promoted sides.
• Ipswich have won three of their six Premier League games so far this season (L3), which is one fewer than they did in the whole of 2024/25 (W4 D10 L24)
• City manager Gary O’Neil’s only previous Premier League game against Man City was a 5-1 defeat at Wolves in May 2024
• O’Neil’s only game against Maresca was also a four-goal defeat – Chelsea beat Wolves 6-2 in August 2024.
• In 33 away games against Man City in all competitions, Ipswich’s only goal came through goalkeeper Paul Cooper in a 1-0 win at Maine Road in March 1983.
• Before the start of the latest round of games, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Chelsea (13 each) were the only teams to have conceded more in the division this season than Ipswich (12).

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