Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City "Blue Moon Shines"
(Baonghean.vn) - People were worried that Man City would fall into crisis after two consecutive losses against Crystal Palace and Leicester, but fortunately that did not happen.
The Etihad Stadium team has made a strong comeback with 5 consecutive wins. In the Premier League, Man City is currently ranked 2nd with 53 points, behind Liverpool, a team that has maintained great stability since the beginning of the season.
In the early match of round 23, Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace with a score of 4-3. The victory helped “The Kop” widen the gap with Man City to 7 points.
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| Man City won easily. Photo: Vietnamnet |
Huddersfield are in a serious crisis. They are going through a series of 5 games without a win in the Premier League, notably including 4 losses. As a result, this team is at the bottom of the rankings with a very slim chance of staying in the league, and getting points before the match with Man City in this match is extremely difficult for coach Mark Hudson and his students.
When the first half started, Man City was the team that kicked off first and also controlled the game better. Against an opponent that was not highly rated, coach Pep Guardiola's students pushed forward and created many opportunities to besiege the home team's goal. But the most dangerous situation was in the 13th minute, De Bruyne passed the ball to Sterling and the English striker fell in the penalty area.
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| Danilo scored a lucky goal. Photo: Vietnamnet |
In the following minutes, Man City still controlled the game and besieged the home team Huddersfield's goal, forcing goalkeeper Lossl to have a hard day's work.
Huddersfield also responded with a quick attack when Kongolo shot very quickly from outside the box but the ball went straight to Ederson. The home team's rare chance could not be converted into a goal.
At the end of the first half, Man City temporarily took the lead with a score of 1-0 thanks to Danilo's goal.
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| Sane skillfully finished in the penalty area. Photo: Vietnamnet |
With superior squad quality and ball control, after creating a few missed situations, in the 54th minute after a few combinations and a series of passes stretching the home defense outside the penalty area, the ball reached Sane's feet in the penalty area. The German star passed the ball as if setting it up for Sterling to head the ball powerfully to increase the score to 2-0 for Man City.
Leading 2-0, realizing that the home team could not create any dangerous situations, coach Pep Guardiola urged his players to continue to increase the tempo of the match and 3 minutes later (minute 56 of the match), receiving a long pass from his teammate, Aguero headed the ball back to Sane who rushed into the penalty area and neatly finished the ball into the Huddersfield net to make it 3-0 for Man City.
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| Man City completely dominated. Photo: Vietnamnet |
On a day when the away players of Man City played very well, the players of Huddersfield such as Schindler, Kongolo, Lowe, Bacuna played very poorly, they could not deploy the ball to the strikers above when they had to continuously retreat to support their teammates below. Therefore, the game was always in the hands of the Man City players.
Seeing that the game was safe, coach Pep Guardiola took Fernandinho off the field and replaced him with David Silva, with the intention of letting the Spanish midfielder control the tempo of the match for the remaining time.
The match entered the final minutes, the home players pushed up and increased the speed.battleThe match was in search of a consolation goal, including the situation where Mounie dribbled at speed on the left wing, then turned inside and placed a dangerous shot that went past Man City's post.
However, all efforts of the home team Huddersfield could not get an honorary goal. A day to forget for coach Mark Hudson and his students when they lost to the defending champion Man City with a score of 0-3.
With the win, Man City temporarily narrowed the gap with Liverpool to 4 points. Huddersfield remained stuck in 20th place on the rankings.
Score
Man City:Danilo (18'), Sterling (54'), Sane (56')
Starting lineup:
Huddersfield:Lossl, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Lowe, Bacuna, Hogg, Puncheon, Kachunga, Diakhaby, Mbenza
Man City:Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Danilo, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Sterling, Aguero, Sane
