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Manchester City moved closer to the Premier League title with an impressive 2-0 at Leicester City on Saturday.
Goals from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus in the second half left Pep Guardiola’s team with a 17-point lead at the top, having played two more games than second-placed Manchester United.
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City need another 11 points to win their third title in four years. The result leaves Leicester in third place with eight games remaining for the season.
City’s bid to win an unprecedented Quadruple continues as they face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday, face Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals before facing Tottenham in the EFL Cup final at the finals. of this month.
Fernandinho thought he had opened the scoring after five minutes, but the goal was disallowed after Sergio Agüero, in an offside position, blocked Kasper Schmeichel’s shot.
Kevin De Bruyne was also close in the 23rd minute, but his free kick hit the crossbar.
City continued to control the game and Schmeichel saved Riyad Mahrez’s effort from close range.
At the end of the break, Leicester thought they had taken the lead against the game’s progress, but Jamie Vardy’s goal was also ruled offside.
Leicester responded well after the break and Ruben Dias produced a brilliant block to prevent Youri Tielemans from scoring.
The visitors finally found advancement after 58 minutes when Mendy reacted faster to a fumble inside the box and scored with a curling spike.
City doubled their lead in the 74th minute when Jesús finished off a fine team play featuring De Bruyne and substitute Raheem Sterling.
James Maddison had a good chance to score a goal for Leicester at the end, but he put his short-range shot into Ederson’s hands as City advanced to victory.
After the game, Leicester coach Brendan Rodgers told reporters that defender Caglar Soyuncu contracted the coronavirus while playing for Turkey and that he remains in his home country.
“He’s good and he feels good and we’ll go through the process to see when he can come back,” Rodgers said.
Soyuncu remains isolated in Turkey after the World Cup qualifiers and Rodgers said it was “highly unlikely” that he would be available for next Sunday’s game in West Ham.
“The club is working with the Turkish federation to see where we are,” Rodgers said.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
