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Manchester City is on fire. Citizens for the first time recorded 12 consecutive victories in all competitions after beating Sheffield United.
Entertaining the Sheffield goalkeeper at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (1/30/2021), City rotated saving Raheem Sterling and dropping Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus and Phil Foden on the front row.
The City immediately stepped on the accelerator from the first minutes and already went ahead to the ninth through Jesus who deceived Ferran Torres’s bait ball. Although they won quickly, City seemed to have a difficult time dismantling Sheffield’s defense afterwards.
Several times the opportunities that were obtained failed to produce additional goals until finally the scoreboard lasted 1-0. For City, this result is enough to reinforce their position at the top of the Premier League standings with 44 points from 20 games, four ahead of Manchester United.
Not only that, City also confirmed that they were indeed hot again after stumbling at the beginning of this season. The win over Sheffield is his twelfth win in all competitions.
This is the longest streak a Premier League team has achieved since Arsenal in August to October 2007. City is also the first time they have booked it.
The strength of the defensive line is the reason for the City’s great run, as they have kept 20 clean sheets in all competitions this season, five more than teams in the other five major leagues in Europe.
“It is incredible that we can act consistently in December and January. We are definitely going to lose points, but the important thing is how we get up after that,” city manager Pep Guardiola was quoted as saying. BBC Sport.
“All the games in this league are very difficult. Hopefully when the difficult moments return we can react well,” he continued.
(mrp / nds)
