Manchester City took another step towards retaining the Premier League title for the third consecutive season, after recording a thrilling 3-28 win at home to West Ham United on Wednesday in a postponed match of the 1th round of the Premier League, while Liverpool maintained their slim hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League after a <>-<> win at home to Fulham.
Manchester City, who continued his uprising by achieving his ninth consecutive victory in the competition, rose to 79 points to return again to the lead, which he lost on Tuesday, a point ahead of the nearest pursuers Arsenal, knowing that the heavenly team still has a postponed match.
West Ham, who suffered their 18th loss in the competition this season and a third in a row, stopped at 34 points in 15th place.
At the Etihad Stadium, Nathan Ake opened the scoring for Manchester City in the 50th minute.
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Haaland broke the record for goals in a single season in the Premier League after scoring his team's second goal against West Ham.
The Norwegian striker turned Jack Grealish's pass into the goal in the 70th minute, to hold out the record he shared with Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.
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Haaland, who continued his hobby of scoring for the fifth consecutive game, strengthened his lead in the Premier League this season after taking his tally to 35 goals.
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Phil Foden concluded the Manchester City goals festival by scoring the third goal for the hosts in the 85th minute.
Liverpool beat Fulham
In another match in the same round, Mohamed Salah scored from the penalty spot to keep Liverpool's slim hopes of reaching the Champions League next season after a 1-<> win over Fulham in the Premier League.
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Liverpool raised its tally to 59 points, four behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who have played two games less than their counterpart from the Merseyside area.
Fulham remained in tenth place with 45 points.
Fulham's first chance of the game was gone, but goalkeeper Alisson Becker cleared Carlos Vinicius' shot for a corner in the 14th minute.
Issa Diop made a mistake to delay the visitors 6 minutes before the break.
Diop brought down striker Darwin Nunez to award a penalty that Salah successfully executed in the middle of the goal to score for the eighth consecutive game at Anfield.
Fulham almost equalised through Vinicius, but Alisson saved consistently in the 77th minute.
Liverpool held on to claim their fifth consecutive league victory.