The City resisted Liverpool’s pressure and returned to be leaders

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Manchester City could not withstand the pressure and regained the Premier’s lead after beating Brighton in a great second half with goals from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva (3-0).

Pep Guardiola’s team, who on Tuesday will host Real Madrid in the semifinals (first leg) of the Champions League, are once again one point ahead of Liverpool, who took the lead on Tuesday after humiliating Manchester United (4- 0) .

Six exciting final battles

The exciting battle for the Premier has eaten up another chapter and both candidates have six games left to play. The pulse remains even, as City also do not give up when they rediscover victory after three games without a win: two against Liverpool (2-2 in the Premier and 2-3 in the FA Cup) and another against Atlético (0-0). in Champions).

Guardiola brought in Kevin de Bruyne as a starter, after being a substitute on Saturday in the FA Cup semi-finals that Liverpool lost at Wembley, and City played to the beat of the Belgian crack.

De Bruyne set the pace

The first harassment of the Premier League champion did not result due to a mistake in the shot by Riyad Mahrez and a small contribution by Phil Foden, so De Bruyne re-assessed the weight of the City attack taking advantage of the gaps left. of a Brighton with personality. who, despite the defeat of Yves Bissouma due to suspension and Leandro Trossard, tried to continue the attack if he could.

In that scenario, De Bruyne poured one of his characteristic rides that ended with a bang from the side of the box that just exceeded the pole (26 ‘).

Bernardo Silva assisted the Belgian two minutes later with a beautiful shot placed from a standing position that pushed Robert Sáncbez to fly (26 ‘).

Another City after the break

City were once dazzled by his dominance but after the break he put in new speed, gave more dynamism and verticality to his game and put victory on the path with two goals where he was favored by rebounds.

Again, De Bruyne’s trademark ride was the source of the 1-0 when he took the lead in a counterattack and sent off Mahrez. The Algerian benefited from two consecutive rebounds before being left alone and his shot was further deflected by Joël Veltman in his desperate attempt and left Robert Sánchez with no option (53 ‘).

A goal that is more for pushing than quality in a more direct step to football that the City sometimes claims.

Brighton’s first shot came in the 59th minute when Danny Welbeck’s header from a corner failed to surprise Ederson, who returned to goal after Zack Steffen’s dismal performance in the Cup semi-finals.

Another rebound goal

But City put the ground in the middle with a shot from Foden, then a short corner from Mahrez, who this time deflected and sent off Robert Sánchez (65 ‘) by Enock Mwepu. The match was decided by Bernardo Silva after De Bruyne extended to the class a ball recovered by Oleksandar Zinchenko and the Portuguese recorded a 3-0 (83 ‘).

A goal that unleashed the euphoria of City fans with the scream of ‘champion, champion’, although many more must cut his team if they want to retain the title.

CITY OF MANCHESTER

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BRIGHTON

City of Manchester: Ederson; Cancelo, Stones (Zinchenko, 77 ‘), Laporte, Aké (Rúben Dias, 46’); De Bruyne (Gabriel Jesus, 83 ‘), Rodri, Gündogan; Mahrez, Foden, and Bernardo Silva.
Brighton: Robert Sanchez; Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella, Lamptey (Webster, 61 ‘), Mwepu, MacAllister, Moisés Caicedo (Sarmiento, 73’), March; Gross at Welbeck (Maupay, 78 ‘)
Goals: 1-0 Mahrez (53 ‘), 2-0 Foden (65’), 3-0 Bernardo Silva (82 ‘)
Referee: Mike Dean. Yellow to MacAllister (79 ‘), Webster (81’), Dunk (89 ‘)
Stadium: Etihad

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Source: La Verdad

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