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Manchester City struggled but beat Leicester 2-0 away from home this afternoon and continue to hold a wide lead in the fight for the English Premier League title.
City’s first goal was scored by Mendy, who took advantage of the excess in the area, cleared the mark and calmly placed the ball in the goalkeeper’s left corner. The second was from Brazilian Gabriel Jesús, who passed it on to Sterling and received him back inside the area.
The result takes leader Manchester City to 74 points from 31 games, 17 more than runner-up Manchester United. Leicester remains with 56 points and in 3rd position.
Before playing the next round for the English, City will face Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday (6).
City even opened the scoring in the 5th minute with Brazilian Fernandinho, but Agüero was in an irregular position at the time of the Brazilian’s kick and obstructed Schmeichel’s vision.
On another good occasion, De Bruyne took a free kick from the left and the ball exploded off Schmeichel’s crossbar.
Near the end of the first half, City had two more good chances. Gabriel Jesús went from heel to Mahrez, who for another defense of the Danish goalkeeper. In the sequence, Jesús received inside the area, cleared the mark and kicked over the goal.
Leicester barely arrived, but already scored in extra time with Englishman Vardy, but he was offside and the goal was disallowed.
Although City dominated the game, City failed to score. Until a center from the right wing the defense prevented the ball from reaching the Brazilian Gabriel Jesús, but in the rest Mendy cleared the mark and kicked into the goalkeeper’s left corner.
The birthday boy of the day scored his in the 29th minute of the second half. Gabriel Jesús received from De Bruyne and released Sterling in front of the goalkeeper, but the Englishman left the mark and played for Jesús to push the nets.
Mahrez still missed the chance to score after Jesus recovered the ball on attack and passed it to De Bruyne, who simply rolled the ball for the Algerian to shoot.
