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Josep Guardiola’s charges failed to score three points in the match with West Ham (1: 1).
October 24, 2020, 4:23 PM
In the first game of the day in the Premier League, London’s West Ham hosted Manchester City. Immediately after kickoff, the guests expected to take the ball under their control, taking possession of the game and territorial advantage. However, it was all limited to just approaching someone else’s penalty area, there were no shots on goal. The Londoners took the initiative for a time, making several attacks in a row, but they did not reach shots on goal either. “Hammers” quickly returned the ball to the rival, counting on the game on counterattacks.
Josep Guardiola’s pupils won several set pieces, but their filings did not lead to shots on goal. But the owners were able to strike, which turned out to be effective. Zoufal sent the ball into the penalty area to Antonio, who sent the ball into the net with a knock on himself – 1: 0. Within minutes, Michael was able to deliver a double, but instead of hitting the goal , broke the rules in attack. In time, the Mankunians again completely took control of the ball and spent a lot of time in the wrong half of the field. But this did not bring any benefit, because he did not finish on goal.
David Moyes’s pupils broke from time to time, fleeing the attack, but it did not reach dangerous moments. Most of the time, the hammers were focused on defensive action. Guests often loaded the ball into the penalty area, but each time their passes were not attended to. The Londoners easily faced the onslaught of the opponent. In the first half of the match, Guardiola’s team failed to create a single moment of danger. The teams paused with a slim West Ham lead.
Immediately after the break, Guardiola pulled Aguero out of the game, deciding to leave Foden on the field. Phil quickly did his team a favor, scoring an early goal. Kanselu escaped from Tsoufal and passed to Foden, who struck with the second touch exactly in the near corner – 1: 1. Having even the score, the guests gained a psychological advantage and continued attacking. They had a lot of ball possession in the wrong half of the field, with the intention of getting ahead. However, despite their control of the ball, they failed to create the next dangerous moment for a long time.
Moyes’s men took the ball from time to time, but rarely managed to make accented attacks. But the “townspeople” spent a lot of time in someone else’s penalty area, trying to open up the opponent’s tiered defense. They couldn’t do this, so they had to shoot at the goal from a distance. However, these attacks did not pose a real threat to Fabianski. Guardiola released De Bruyne onto the field, whose wit was supposed to help the guests score. But, as the match showed, Kevin has not yet reached peak condition after injury and has not shown his best game.
In one of the episodes, Balbuena was able to help City score, almost cutting the ball in his own goal, but for the “hammers” everything went well. A few minutes later, De Bruyne could have scored with a direct free kick, but his shot didn’t give Fabianski a problem. A few minutes later, Fornals had a great opportunity to realize the one-on-one with Ederson, but the Spaniard simply shoved the ball into the keeper’s hands. Almost immediately after that, Sterling was able to punish his opponent for a poor implementation, but he himself was unable to beat Fabianski in close combat.
After that, the game died down. The Mancunians were unsuccessful. It looked like the hosts would calmly bring the game to its logical conclusion, but they almost failed in the last minute of injury time. Marez had a chance to snatch the victory from his team, but Riyad failed to push the ball to Fabianski. As a result, the teams went their separate ways, earning one point each. “Ciudadanos” is still feverish.
On matchday seven, West Ham will face a very difficult game with Liverpool, and Manchester City will put Sheffield United’s strength to the test.
West Ham – Manchester City 1: 1
Goals: Antonio, 18 – Foden, 51
West Ham: Fabianski – Zoufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku – Bowen (Alla, 69), Souchek, Rice, Fornals – Antonio (Yarmolenko, 52)
City of Manchester: Ederson – Walker (Zinchenko, 78), Dias, García, Canselo – Silva (De Bruyne, 68), Rodri, Gundogan – Marez, Aguero (Foden, 46), Sterling
Warnings: Coufal, Balbuena
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