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(Man City 2-5 Leicester) With both star forwards injured, Pep Guardiola had to rely on other players to get the job done against Leicester. Instead, it was the opponent’s striker who wreaked havoc.
“We will miss them, but we have a lot of players who can score goals,” Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports before the game that both Manchester City forwards Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Agüero are out with injuries until November.
And it didn’t seem like it either, because no more than four minutes passed before City fans had already forgotten about the lack of a forward.
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Riyad Mahrez did not play his first league game after being infected by covid-19 earlier this month, but on Sunday the Algerian national team player was literally back with a bang.
Left-handed Mahrez thundered with his right foot and let the net masks at the top of the cross feel like he can throw well with both feet. Kasper Schmeichel could only stand in a daze again and watch his former teammate give Leicester a nightmare start.
ON THE CROSS: Riyad Mahrez had dream hits. Photo: Laurence Griffiths / POOL / GETTY POOL
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But despite some great opportunities, the Light Blues failed to increase the lead before the break, and then Leicester seized the opportunity they had. Kyle Walker was too harsh in treating Jamie Vardy on his way to 16 meters, and the forward even fired the correct penalty hard at the net.
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And after the break, Vardy was there again, and this time the score was the most playful. New signing Anthony Castagne made a great run down the right, hitting Vardy hard at the first post.
The striker approached the goal and had to outsmart Eric Garcia and goalkeeper Ederson from an acute angle. Then he stuck out his heel and sent the ball sensitively over the last Brazilian defense.
HELP: This is how Vardy scored his second of the day. Photo: Catherine Ivill / PA Wire
Then it wasn’t many minutes before Vardy was ready again at 11 meters. This time it was Eric Garcia who dropped the Leicester forward, and the 33-year-old completed the hat trick with a well-placed shot in the lower right corner.
– Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City currently looks like a losing team. They fail to create big chances, was the verdict of TV 2 soccer expert Nils Johan Semb.
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Let in five for the first time
Midweek, it was young Liam Delap who played as a forward for City in the League Cup match against Bournemouth, but despite scoring on his debut, Guardiola did not want to give the 17-year-old confidence in the top against Leicester.
The youngster, on the other hand, entered to make his Premier League debut five minutes after the break, and came close to reducing with a header off the crossbar.
But it was one of Manchester City’s few chances in the second half.
– I can hardly remember that City created so little in a game at Etihad. They have only gone from bad to worse throughout the match, Semb continued.
James Maddison made the humiliation even worse when he went 4-1 from the quarter distance before full time.
GLIS: James Maddison celebrates after the dream match. Photo: CATHERINE IVILL / X01348
Nathan Aké created some tension when he reduced with his head a bit later, but only three minutes later Manchester City made a third penalty kick, this time the culprit was Benjamin Mendy.
Youri Tielemans completed the humiliation, scoring 5-2 from the chalk mark. It is the first time that Pep Guardiola concedes five goals in his career as a coach (686 games).
– It is an ugly, ugly defeat for Pep Guardiola. Not just that they lose, but the way they lose, Semb said on TV 2 just before Etihad’s finishing touch was.
