{"id":32528,"date":"2026-04-20T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32528"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:23:53","slug":"burnley-clash-like-a-final-haaland","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/burnley-clash-like-a-final-haaland\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley clash like a final: Haaland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Manchester City striker Erling Haaland says their next Premier League game against Burnley is like a final after Sunday\u2019s 2-1 victory over leaders Arsenal, which handed them the chance to go top with a win in midweek.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div>Arsenal have topped the table since October, but City, who have a game in hand, cut the gap to three points with the win at the Etihad Stadium.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Another win on Wednesday would put Pep Guardiola\u2019s side level on points with the London club and see them top the table on either goals scored or goal difference, depending on the margin of victory.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cOn Wednesday, we\u2019re having a final. The Burnley game is as important as this game. We need to focus, stay humble,\u201d Haaland, who scored the decisive goal in Sunday\u2019s win, told Sky Sports.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div>Arsenal, who are chasing their first Premier League title since 2004, next play Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22854,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-32528","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Arsenal have topped the table since October.","published_date":"","news_description":"Arsenal have topped the table since October.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32529,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32528\/revisions\/32529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}