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The hat-trick of Jamie Vardy (37, 54, 58) and the goals of James Madison (77) and Yuri Tillemans (88) brought a glorious success to Leicester City in his visit to the runner-up Manchester City in the Etihad – 5: 2. The Citizens found the result after just over 180 seconds of play by Riad Marez, but that did not stop the “foxes” from completely discouraging Josep Guardiola’s squad for defeat in Manchester. The second goal for the “sky blues” was scored by Nathan Ake in the 84th minute.
The defeat seriously damaged City’s ambitions in the battle for the English title. Leicester, meanwhile, climbed to the top of the standings after having a full asset of points (9), and Manchester City is 13th with three points and one game down. A curious fact is that this is the first game of Josep Guardiola’s great career as a coach (656 games), in which a team led by him recorded five goals in his goal.
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The first goal in the Northwest fell after four minutes of play. Kevin De Bruyne crossed the ball from a corner kick and James Justin bounced forward. The ball landed on Riad Mares, who attacked Schmeichel’s goal with a bomb shot and the ball flew in a particularly beautiful way towards the Dane’s door.
In the first quarter of an hour, Josep Guardiola’s team was more active in Manchester and put a lot of pressure on the “foxes”. They, in turn, tried to hurt the “citizens” from the counterattacks, but at first the Man City defense faced attacks from James Justin on the left, Timothy Castan on the right and Jamie Vardy. In the 19, De Bruyne tried to pass the forward in the game for City – Stirling, but Schmeichel came out and caught calmly.
In the 36th minute, Kyle Walker fouled Vardy in the home team’s penalty area and the referee pointed to the white spot. Behind the ball was Vardy, who with a powerful shot tied the result of “Etihad” – 1: 1. At the end of the half there were no dangers in front of both gates, and the attacks for the second goal of City began with the start of The second half. Riad Marez’s shot was deflected in the 52nd minute and there was no need for Schmeichel to intervene, and a moment before the Algerian did not hit the visitors’ door again.
Contrary to expectations, the people at Brendan Rodgers took a complete turn. Timothy Castan was taken to the right of the “citizens” penalty area and saw Vardy. The forward caught the ball up close, through Manchester City defender Eric Garcia, and eliminated Ederson’s chances to intervene after a technical kick with a heel – 1: 2. Three minutes later, Ederson made his first save of the game. game off Barnes’s strong mid-range shot, but the guard sent the ball into the corner.
In the 64th minute Stirling saw Liam Delap with a beautiful cross in the guests’ penalty area. He hit his head, beating Chaalar Soyunju, but the ball bounced off the crossbar of Schmeichel – out. Four minutes later, De Bruyne spotted Stirling in the distant city, but the Englishman’s header was inaccurate.
With Man City’s sixth shot on goal, Leicester scored the fourth goal. It was the work of James Madison, who with a jewelry performance left Ederson no chance after a blow to the inside of the foot.
In the 84th minute Nathan Ake scored his first goal for City after catching the ball from a corner with his head.
At the end of the game, the “foxes” received a new penalty after a foul against Madison, and behind the ball was Yuri Tillemans, who was also uncompromising in the third penalty for the guests. This was the most interesting last touch of the meeting.
Initial lineups:
City man: Ederson, Mandy, Ake, García, Walker, Rodri, Fernandinho, Mares, De Bruyne, Foden, Stirling
Leicester: Schmeichel, Castane, Evans, Soyunju, Justin, Mendy, Amarty, Tillemans, Praet, Barnes, Vardy
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