Silva shines, MC moves closer to the championship
In the early morning of March 13, midfielder David Silva shone with a double, helping Manchester City (MC) defeat Stoke City 2-0 at Bet365 Stadium in the late match of round 30 of the English Premier League.
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| Silva celebrates opening the score for MC Photo: Reuters |
The match took place with an overwhelming advantage belonging to MC. Right in the 10th minute, the score was opened for the away team after a very beautiful attack on the right wing. David Silva was the player who broke the deadlock for MC with a shot from about 10 meters after a cross from Raheem Sterling.
After conceding the goal, Stoke City pushed their squad up to attack and also created a few dangerous situations towards MC's goal. However, in the decisive situation, the home team's strikers did not finish well and could not defeat goalkeeper Ederson.
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| Silva's joy after raising the score to 2-0 for MC Photo: Reuters |
Not only did Stoke City not equalize, they also had to pick the ball out of the net again due to the weakness of their defense. In the 50th minute, after a series of beautiful wall-to-wall combinations, Jesus broke free to pass the ball to Silva who ran up and cushioned the ball past goalkeeper Jack Butland from close range, raising the score to 2-0 for MC.
The score would have been even bigger for the "Man City" if midfielder Sterling had finished better in the two situations facing goalkeeper Butland afterwards.
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| Stoke City players' disappointment after losing to MC Photo: Reuters |
In the end, MC defeated Stoke City 2-0. With this victory, MC continued to lead with 81 points, re-establishing a 16-point gap over second-placed Manchester United, thereby getting closer and closer to the championship.
