Manchester City – Leicester City: Premier League – Live! | Football

45 min “Great penalty from Vardy following a trend I saw when Richarlison scored yesterday,” says Gary Naylor. “Kick the ball hard with one side foot and you’re likely to get the momentum that doesn’t give a diving goalkeeper a chance while mitigating the risk of him sliding into the stratosphere. Look out for more, as I think we have a few more penalties ahead of us this season.

44 min This is turning out to be a good game. Leicester, who was so passive for half an hour, now looks menacing at halftime.

42 min Tielemans drives a good cross pass to Barnes, who slips away from Fernandinho and into acres of space. He tries to take on the last man, Garcia, who does it excellently to stay with Barnes and hit the ball for a goal kick.

42 min Despite City’s dominance, Kasper Schmeichel didn’t have to make any difficult saves.

40 min “On the radio, John Murray just announced that Brendan Rodgers’ clothes are sponsored by what Murray says is the name of an old French magazine,” says Charles Antaki. “The only one I can think of is Paris Match, and I think I remember seeing posters for something called Pari-Match, which is presumably a much less edifying gambling company. Can you solve the mystery? “

With, erm, pleasure.

39 min I think it was a soft penalty, not unlike the Pogba / Connolly incident yesterday. One difference is that Walker shook hands with Vardy, who accepted the invitation to come down. It really could have gone either way.

Vardy shoots a spectacular high penalty at the net. Ederson took the right path but couldn’t reach it.

Barnes ran a hot streak and passed the ball to Vardy. Walker, who was on the wrong side, put his hands on him and Vardy fell.

36 min: PENALTY TO LEICESTER! Walker gets his hands on Vardy in the area and Michael Oliver points out the spot.

35 min: Rodri has a goal disallowed! It was a good header from another tremendous free kick from De Bruyne, but he went too early and was offside.

33 min Amartey clears De Bruyne’s dangerous low center inside the six-yard box. That was clamoring for a near post run.

32 min “My Leeds team will play a lot next week,” says Phil Harrison. “And I hope (and I hope) that we treat it as a free hit, roll the dice and take a chance. Yes, we could lose 8-0. But we could also lose 6-5! And that would certainly be more fun than Leicester’s docile and stunned passivity before the bombing. “

One way or another, that game will be specific.tacular.

29 min Leicester has had more of the ball in the last few minutes, which means they have had some of the ball.

26 min Leicester outperforms the City press for the first time. Vardy is almost cleared by Praet, but cannot control the ball on the stretch. He crosses paths with Justin, whose attempted pass back to Vardy is cleared. With a little more composure, he would have put Vardy on goal.

26 min Fernandinho misses an excellent opportunity and heads straight for Schmeichel after a free kick from De Bruyne. I should have noted

25 min This is not a football game, this is a training session.

22 min Tielemans completes a memorable 10-second job on being booked for retiring De Bruyne.

22 min Leicester crosses the midline and even wins a corner. Tielemans gives the game back to Justin, who crosses directly into Ederson’s arms. Boys of great things.

21 min “Surely you don’t need an Opta subscription to realize that playing defense against City doesn’t work,” says Ian Copestake. “However, attacking them at least gives you a chance.”

Yes. It also gives you the possibility of losing 8-0, of course.

20 minutes I’ve never seen Leicester as passive as this. It looks like a lower league team whose ambition is to lose just 3-0.

19 min “Nicolas Otamendi was regularly criticized for his defense at City,” says Nick Jones. “He won numerous titles, and his winning goal at Old Trafford in December 2017 was a highlight. Thanks Nico, may the road go up with you “.

17 min Sterling’s shot from a close angle is comfortably saved by Schmeichel. There was brilliant escapology in the preparation of De Bruyne, who managed to retain possession despite being on the court.

15 minutes This is so one-sided: City have had 81 percent of possession.

13 min Rodri wins the ball from Vardy, 25 meters from the goal, and takes a shot over the crossbar. Schmeichel had it covered, but it was a good hit.

10 minutes Mendy blocks Fernandinho’s shot from 20 meters. The city is totally dominant.

8 min Leicester has barely thrown a kick in the first eight minutes.

6 min “In a moment of crisis, it is necessary for everyone to be united,” says Adrian de la Touche. “So if all the teams in the Premiership agree not to play their next games, the handball rule can be changed.”

Choose that! De Bruyne’s left corner was directed by Justin to the right edge of the area, where Mahrez was standing unmarked. He ran to the ball, waited for it to bounce, and threw it into the far upper corner.

Riyad Mahrez scores a cracker against his former club, with his right foot.

3 min It’s unusual to see Brendan Rodgers play so defensively. I guess you want to stay in the game as long as possible. And even with this formation, Jamie Vardy’s pace means Leicester will always have a threat.

2 minutes City have started as expected, with Sterling leading the way. Leicester’s formation is more like 5-4-1 right now, with Praet to the right of midfield and Barnes to the left.

1 minute Peep! The city starts from left to right.

It’s a nice sunny afternoon in Etihad. Leicester is in their new maroon away kit, which changes things up with a distinctive underarm profile and monochromatic shield. The 2020/21 Maroon Away Shirt is available exclusively with Thailand Smiles with You jersey branding on the front.

Ah, Harry Kane was not expelled, was a backroom staff member for the Spurs.

Another absurd penalty decision it has given Newcastle an unlikely point at Spurs. José Mourinho walked through the tunnel in a funk even before the game was over. I suspect his post-game interview will be the most entertaining thing on television this week. I’d love to see his face when he found out Harry Kane would have been expelled after the final whistle.

It looks like Raheem Sterling will play as a false nine for Manchester City, who are left without the injured Sergio Agüero and Gabriel Jesús. Pep Guardiola also persists in having two midfielders, a variation on his traditional 4-1-2-3 formation. Either that or Fernandinho is playing with a back three. Pep has not responded to my 48 WhatsApp messages so I can’t say for sure.

Daniel Amartey has a rare start for Leicester, probably on a back three. Jonny Evans is also back from suspension and it looks like Harvey Barnes will support Jamie Vardy up front. We’ll find out soon.

Manchester City (4-2-3-1) Ederson; Walker, García, Ake, Mendy; Fernandinho, Rodri; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden; Pound sterling.
Substitutes: Steffen, Laporte, Zinchenko, Doyle, Palmer, Torres, Delap.

Leicester City (5-4-1) Schmeichel; Castagne, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Justin; Praet, Tielemans, Mendy, Barnes; Vardy.
Substitutes: Ward, Fuchs, Maddison, Albrighton, Choudhury, Iheanacho, Perez.

Referee Michael Oliver.

Hi. Manchester City is again under investigation, although this time it has nothing to do with the FFP and UEFA. The current investigation involves the entire football world looking in their early-season performances for signs of which City will appear this season: the record monsters of 2017-19 or the mild disappointment that couldn’t take the Liverpool heat. last season.

The signs in their 3-1 win over Wolves on Monday were encouraging, especially in the first half, and today they have another good test against Leicester City at the Etihad. Leicester’s recovery from last season’s anti-climax has started with two comfortable wins over West Brom and Burnley. Those games didn’t really tell us anything that we don’t know. We should learn a lot more today, about both teams.

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