Manchester City beats Leicester City 3-1 in Week 18 of the English League 2019/2020 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday (12/22).
The victory made The Citizens keep a distance from Leicester, who are ranked second in the Premier League standings. Pep Guardiola’s squad in third place is now only three points apart.
The first round was dominated by City with ball possession reaching 69%. City is also more diligent in creating opportunities, and superior to the number of shots 13 to 3. Even so, the game is arguably running quite tight.
Manchester City immediately took the initiative to attack since the beginning of the fight. The host public was almost made cheering in the 13th minute, when Kevin De Bruyne’s shot just hit the Leicester City crossbar.
Three minutes later, Manchester City launched a surging attack. However, Gabriel Jesus failed to take advantage of two successive opportunities.
The Citizens had left the visitors through Jamie Vardy’s goal in the 22nd minute. Vardy successfully continues Harvey Barnes’ pass into a goal.
Man City managed to equalize the score 1-1 in the 30th minute through Riyad Mahrez scored.
The hosts turned things around 2-1 for their lead thanks to a Ilkay Gundogan penalty. The Citizens get a penalty after Ricardo Pereira dropped Raheem Sterling in the penalty box.
The referee declares a penalty after checking the recording through Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
In the second half, City’s game patterns did not change. But Leicester are a bit more attacking. Vardy and his friends get a chance through a free kick during the second round match lasted two minutes. Nevertheless, Rodgers’ team efforts was unsuccessful.
Leicester game did not experience a significant increase. Some of the players quite often make passing mistakes, especially in their own territory. Fighting against City, that is very dangerous.
The manager Brendan Rodgers then made two changes. He replaced Harvey Barnes and Ayoze Perez with Marc Albrighton and Demarai Gray. The hope, of course, improved performance.
Manchester City added a 3-1 advantage thanks to Gabriel Jesus’ goal. He successfully passed the bait from Kevin De Bruyne into a goal.
Score 3-1 for Man City is very crucial for them to cut the distance points with Leicester, who are now ranked second in the Premier League.
Instead, The Foxes failed to approach Liverpool at the top of the English Premier League table. Both are still 10 points away.
Next, Saturday (12/28/2019), City will play away against Wolverhampton. Meanwhile, Leicester will host league leaders Liverpool on Friday (12/27/2019).
