One slip, that was all it took. For 70 minutes,
Brentford had kept
Erling Haaland quiet. For 70 minutes,
Manchester City’s No 9 had barely had a kick. For 70 minutes, the champions were staring at the prospect of more dropped points in this tightly-contested
Premier League title race. And then, almost from nowhere, that great devourer of goals, that merciless punisher of mistakes screeched into view just as poor Kristoffer Ajer took a fateful stumble and suddenly all of Brentford’s hard work was undone by Haaland’s 22nd goal of the campaign.]]>