3-1: City need only Haaland’s half to crush Leicester

Erling Haaland and the City of Manchester scary Felt that panic in a leicester that he did not even appear at the Etihad in the first half and the Norwegian erased the map, needing only the first half to leave a mark in another game (3-1). It is very important that, if he is not in the field, and some other crack, the ‘foxes’ could have caused other misfortunes, but they did not do it.

It’s tiring to talk about it all the time, but it’s unavoidable. it is very good Haaland who left the task in the first 45 minutes and lived the following resting from the bench, thinking about the return against Bayern Munich in the coming week, an important game despite the advantage. And it is the Norwegian, a true animal of the goal, who will be the key as he against Leicester, who without batting an eye scored two goals to break more records and even legends of the Premier League like Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldowho scored 31 goals in their best season, and match wrong there are 32.

He did not begin to mark her. For a change, and to give some fame to others, he left the turn in another news item this week: John Stones. The MVP of the last day of the Champions League this time did not play as a midfielder, but as a central defender, who opened Guardiola the bands in front of the bus of foxes, which had just holed up to start its route. However, he left his stamp on the attack. And in what way At 5′ a ball falls in front and stonesWithout thinking about it, he hooked an absolutely unstoppable left-footed shot from Mahrez that put the team ahead. city.

He made his debut on the Leicester bench Dean Smith And what a difficult way to do it. If their teams are no longer playing well, the resources to compete or try to create opportunities for Guardiola they are null. Not a few. And how it became what in the school yard is known as ‘attaquigol’. That is, Leicester closed tightly, enduring as much as they could the attacks of their rivals. But this he could not.

First because Ndidi committed a silly penalty for a handball against a Grealish cross that led to the festival Haaland. He scored flawlessly as usual from eleven meters (13′) and was next seen to complete his good understanding of Kevin de Bruyne. Ball into space for the Norwegian giant, runs relentlessly and chops Iversen (25′). Already 32 goals in the Premier with eight games to go, a real beast.

The matter is decided. Just after the break Guardiola He decided to rest Stones and Haaland, and then allocated other changes to both. The second part that started with the same script, with the constant attack of the City, but without the reference of Haaland He rested his attacking power and ended up giving Leicester wings. The ‘foxes’ were found to have little iheanacho that changed the dynamics of the game (76′) and they began to play in the field of Pep’s men, who could have suffered more than expected if not for Ederson and the stick, preventing greater evils.

City’s next rivals in the Premier are the Arsenal on April 26, with the title on the line.

City of Manchester

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leicester

City of Manchester: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte; John Stones (Manuel Akanji, m.46), Rodri (Kalvin Phillips, m.53); Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne (Cole Palmer, m.62), Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish (Sergio Gómez, m.74); and Erling Haaland (Julián Álvarez, m.46).

Leicester: Daniel Iversen; Wout Faes, Caglar Soyuncu, Harry Souttar; Timothy Castagne, Wilfred Ndidi (Patson Daka, m.75), Youri Tielemans (Nampalys Mendy, m.62), Victor Kristiansen (Luke Thomas, m.46); James Maddison, Kierman Dewbury-Hall (Dennis Praet, m.62) and Jamie Vardy (Kelechi Iheanacho, m.46).

Goals: 1-0, m.5: John Stones; 2-0, m.11: Erling Haaland; 3-0, m.25 Erling Haaland; 3-1, m.75: Kelechi Iheanacho.

Referee: Darren England. He showed yellow cards to Bernardo Silva, from Manchester City, and Caglar Soyuncu, from Leicester.

Incidents: the match of the thirty-first day of the Premier was played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

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