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Manchester City Still Unbeaten In The Premier League by vchimezie: 6:53pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
Gabriel Jesus put Pep Guardiola's visitors
in front just before the stroke of half
time at the King Power Stadium, while
Kevin De Bruyne struck on the counter
in the second half moments after David
Silva made a goal-line clearance for City.
It was an 11th victory in the first 12
Premier League matches and meant City
extended their club record run of
consecutive wins in all competitions to
16 fixtures.
Vincent Kompany was back in the City
side for the first time since the end of
August, with Nicolas Otamendi
suspended, and the centre-half must
have worried that his long-awaited
return might be short-lived when he
tripped Jamie Vardy after only two
minutes.
Vicente Iborra's defence-splitting
through ball set Vardy en route to goal,
with Kompany desperately stretching to
make a challenge. The speedy striker
would have been away and you can only
assume the presence of John Stones
nearby saved Kompany from a red card.
Whether Stones would have caught
Vardy will be debated, but it can be the
only reason why referee Graham Scott
felt a yellow card would suffice.
Some of City's approach play was a
delight to watch throughout, with De
Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, David Silva
and Leroy Sane all seamlessly
interchangeable in attack.
One such swift offensive down the left-
hand side after 20 minutes resulted in
Sane setting up Silva, who steered an
effort towards the top corner of the net
only for Kasper Schmeichel to tip the ball
over the crossbar.
City were dealt a blow just before the
half hour when Stones pulled up with
what looked like a hamstring injury,
leaving Guardiola without both of his
recent first-choice central defenders.
Eliaquim Mangala came on for his first
Premier League appearance in over two
months.
It did not upset City too much, however,
as they took the lead at the end of the
first half. A lovely exchange of passes
between De Bruyne and Sterling on the
edge of the box saw the latter find Silva's
run in behind the Leicester defence and
he rolled the ball across goal for Jesus to
tap it into an empty net.
If the timing of that goal hurt Leicester,
there was worse to come at the
beginning of the second half.
Harry Maguire came close to an
equalising goal but his effort, after
Ederson had dropped a cross, struck a
post. Fernandinho then put the wheels
in motion for a devastating counter-
attack involving De Bruyne and Sane,
who cut the ball back to the edge of the
penalty area for his team-mate to rifle a
left-foot shot into the top corner of the
net.
Leicester's response was good. Vardy
twice got in behind the City defence and
although he was narrowly offside on
each occasion, it gave the visitors
something to think about.
Guardiola's side comfortably saw out the
remainder of the match, though, and
would have added to their lead had it not
been for some last-ditch defending from
Claude Puel's men, who tasted defeat
under their recently-appointed manager
for the first time. |
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