2023-11-04 18:19:07
He had no mercy Manchester City of Bournemouth, on the verge of relegation. He didn’t even relax about facing an affordable rival. NI ran at half throttle before the imminent Champions League matchday. The champion beat Andoni Iraola’s team 6-1, who could not weather the storm because at halftime they were already losing 3-0 and the goal of honor meant it was 4-1. Mateo Kovacic, in the 97th minute, shot into the hands of goalkeeper Radu.
City climbed to the top because Arsenal fell in Newcastle and suffered their first defeat in the Premier. By a minimum 1-0 scored by Anthony Gordon, who was reviewed for four minutes for four possible irregularities, before the magpie striker scored into an empty net.
Out, foul, hand…
The VAR first reviewed whether the ball that Joe Willcock recovered to cross into the area had crossed the baseline. Next, it was looked at whether Joelinton pushed Gabriel when he was trying to finish at the far post. Immediately, it was reviewed whether the ball that did not come out cleanly from the collision between the two touched Joelinton’s hand and, finally, if Gordon, very close to them in the play, was offside, since David Raya, the goalkeeper of the Arsenal were further ahead.
Haaland is not necessary
The tension of St. James Park did not exist at the Etihad. Or existed briefly. Until City got the score back on track and Pep Guardiola was allowed the luxury of replacing Erling Haaland en el descanso by Phil Foden, one of the reserves along with Ruben Dias, Jack Grealih and Josko Gvardiol. The Norwegian giant did not score – he hit the post once – on the afternoon of Jérémy Doku who scored a goal, gave four assists and Manuel Akanji’s back prevented him from signing a double. The one who succeeded was Bernardo Silva.
Doku was the undisputed MVP for the unmatched influence he exerted on the meeting. After half an hour he got to work and opened the scoring, assisting Bernardo three minutes later and launching a shot on goal that Akanki deflected four minutes later. With the job done, Guardiola allowed himself the license to relieve Haaland after verifying his team’s fluidity in attack and Bournemotuh’s inability to overcome the sky’s pressure. Shortly after Foden scored 4-0, he made a triple change so that John Stones, Julián Álvarez and Rodri were also rested.
The goal of honor by Luis Sinisterra, who had just entered the field, only provoked a new squeeze from City, as if the players were afraid of their coach’s reaction when they entered the dugout. Bernardo Silva, with assistance from Doku, and Nathan Ake They completed the recovery of the lead while waiting for Newcastle-Arsenal, a result that benefited them and kept them in the lead.
Datasheet
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones (Lewis, m. 71); Rodrigo (Phillips, m. 71), Kovacic; Bernard Silva (Bobb, m. 86), Julian Alvarez (Nunes, m. 72), Doku; y Haland (Foden, m. 46).
Bournemouth: Radu; Aarons, Mepham, Zabarnyi, Kelly, Kerkez; Christie, Scott (Rothwell, m. 44), Billing, Tavernier; y Solanke (Kluivert, m. 85).
Goals: 1-0 (m. 30), Doku. 2-0 (m. 33), Bernardo Silva. 3-0 (m. 37), Akanji. 4-0 (m. 64), Foden. 4-1 (m. 74), Sinisterra. 5-1 (m. 84), Bernardo Silva. 6-1 (m. 89), Aké.
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Referee: C. Pawson.
Estadio: Etihad (53,358 spectators).
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