Sterling shines in the 6th minute of extra time, Man City firmly holds the top position

Once again, midfielder Raheem Sterling shone in the final minutes of the match to bring Man City a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Southampton to continue to maintain an 8-point gap over chasing team MU.

Score

Man City: Van Dijk (47', own goal), Sterling (90+6')

Southampton: Romeu (75')

To win the championship, in addition to talent, you need a little luck. Man City this season is on the right path. They own the best quality squad in the Premier League and at the same time, luck continues to smile on them, when in the last two matches they both won with difficulty thanks to the luck of scoring in the last minutes of the match by winger Sterling.

In the match against Huddersfield last weekend, Sterling scored a lucky goal in the 87th minute to seal the 2-1 win. The match against Southampton just ended, the English player continued to shine with a goal in the 90+6 minute to bring home 3 points for the home team, at the same time helping Man City continue to consolidate the top position and re-establish an 8-point gap over the second-placed team, MU.

Sterling drew a wonderful curve on the Etihad pitch.

Two consecutive matches Sterling rescued Man City in the final minutes of the match.

Returning to the match, coach Pep Guardiola surprised everyone by bringing on the striker duo Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus, leaving David Silva on the bench. Ilkay Guendogan also had his first start in the Premier League.

These changes did not affect Man City's play too much, as they still completely suppressed the visitors. However, against Southampton's disciplined defense, the home team's attackers had almost no chance to get close to the goal and had to seek luck with finishing situations from outside the box. Jesus, Sterling, Guendogan and Fernandinho continuously fired, but could not beat goalkeeper Forster.

Both Aguero and Jesus were on the field but neither player could score.

For Southampton, playing defensive counter-attacks also helped them create some dangerous situations, including Wesley Hoedt's header hitting the crossbar in the 16th minute or Yoshida's shot from 5 meters that went over the crossbar in the 34th minute.

Entering the second half, after many efforts, Man City scored the opening goal. In the 47th minute, from a free kick to the left by De Bruyne, Southampton's center-back Van Dijk accidentally put the ball into his own net in an attempt to block it. After the goal, Man City continued to dominate the game, but the home team still did not have any clear opportunities.

Bruyne still played very well in this match, leaving his mark on both goals.

Meanwhile, Southampton played poorly against Man City. Although the away team really wanted to attack to find an equalizer, it was almost impossible, as Man City controlled the match so well. However, a surprise happened at the Etihad Stadium, when in what was almost the only chance in the second half, Southampton scored in the 75th minute. Bertrand's cross was neatly controlled by Boufal and then crossed smoothly for Oriol Romeu to shoot past goalkeeper Ederson to equalize the score.

Southampton almost caused a surprise at the Etihad Stadium.

Unexpectedly tied 1-1, Man City frantically pushed up their formation to find a goal, but were unsuccessful when they encountered Southampton's defense playing with almost 11 men in front of and inside the penalty area.

It seemed that Man City's 11-game winning streak in the Premier League would be ended, but luck came. When the 5th and final minute of injury time had passed, Sterling received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and launched a perfect curling shot past Forster's reach into the top corner of Southampton's goal to seal a 2-1 victory for Man City.

Ranking

Line-up

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Delph, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Guendogan (Bernado Silva 80'), Sterling, Aguero, Gabriel Jesus (David Silva 74').

Southampton: Forster, Cedric (McQueen 87'), Yoshida, van Dijk, Hoedt, Bertrand, Hojbjerg (Boufal 64'), Romeu, Lemina, Redmond, Long (Austin 83').

According to Bongdaplus