Manchester City won against hosts Huddersfield Town 3-0 in match 23 of the English Premier League 2018/2019 at John Smith Stadium on Sunday (1/20).
The Citizens won thanks to goals from Danilo, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane. Despite appearing away, Pep Guardiola’s squad appeared to dominate since the beginning of the first half.
Man City even immediately made panic defense of Huddersfield in the 13th minute through the work of neat Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling. The Citizens attacker immediately pushed into the penalty box to receive feedback from De Bruyne, then dropped by Terence Kongolo. However, the referee did not consider the violation so there was no penalty. Reply shows that Kongolo didn’t even hit the ball and blocked Sterling’s feet.
Five minutes later, Man City found Huddersfield’s goal through Danilo’s goal. Without getting a meeting guard from an opposing defender, he immediately released a powerful kick from outside the penalty box and the ball was not able to be pushed over by goalkeeper Jonas Lossl.
City got a corner kick in the 22nd minute. De Bruyne threw a successful ball into Fernandinho’s head, but had not yet met the target.
Huddersfield showed some offensive after conceding. The long ball from behind was reflected by Elias Kachunga in front of the penalty box, which was then struck by Kongolo’s volley. Still right in the direction of Ederson Moraes. After being pushed back by Huddersfield, City regained control and controlled the match past 35 minutes of action.
Man City got a golden opportunity in the 40th minute through a hard kick by Ilkay Guendogan. His kick deviated after he had hit Christopher Schindler’s feet.
There were no more goals in the first half and Man City were 1-0 up until halftime.
Starting the second half, Man City again appeared to bang on Huddersfield’s defense. As a result, the Citizens again broke into the hosts’ goal in the 54th minute thanks to Sterling’s goal.
The process of the goal was created by the neat triangular baiting between De Bruyne and Leroy Sanye, then passed through a flat cross to Sterling which was settled into a goal.
Only two minutes later, it was Sane’s turn to break into the Lossl goal. He successfully completed a assist header from Sergio Aguero with kicking the ball into Huddersfield’s goal. Sterling contributed one goal and one assist.
Man City kept pressing Huddersfield even though it was 3-0 up. Only at 1o the remaining minutes of the Citizens match began to reduce the tempo of the game.
Aguero and his friends also successfully closed the Week 23 Premier League match with a 3-0 win over Huddersfield. City are still keeping their distance from Liverpool with four points with this result, collecting 56 points from 23 matches. While Huddersfield still inhabit the bottom of the table with 11 points.
