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It is no exaggeration to think that Pep Guardiola’s reputation has waned a bit after the 2019/20 season when Man City lost the Premier League throne to Liverpool and lost 18 points to their rival. In addition, the Green Man was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, although the only rival was Lyon.
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If the achievements of Man City in the 2020/21 season are not improved, the possibility that Pep will have to leave is not small. However, with the courage and class of the best English team, Man City had an impressive start to the season by winning 3-1 at the field of annoying opponent Wolves in the context of losing 7 players in the first team due to injury. . loving and Covid-19.
Remember last season Green Man lost to Wolves in both matches and overall Man City lost 9 Premier League matches including many failures against equal opponents like MU (2 matches). , Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal (FA Cup semi-finals). Fragility in big games is what Green Man often shows. But they seem to have overcome that weakness.
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| Lineup Man City vs Leicester |
Another positive sign is the flexibility in Pep’s tactical use. Everyone knows this military leader loves the 4-3-3 scheme. In which, normally, 1 midfielder takes over the pillar and the other 2 midfielders are inclined to attack. But in the victory against Wolves, due to the absence of Ilkay Gundogan (due to Covid-19), Pep pointed to a 4-2-3-1 with the midfielder pair Rodrigo – Fernandinho, as support for the attacking quartet. They are De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus.
However, at the Leicester reception, Man City lost Gabriel Jesus through injury while there was no face recovering from injury to play. So Pep Guardiola had to fix a layout without a true striker, but still in a new 4-2-3-1 arrangement.
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| Mahrez scored his 200th Premier League match with a kick from the old team |
In which Sterling plays the tallest as a forward, filling in the space left by Jesus and Sterling’s preferred winger position is handed over to Mahrez. Also on the young face, defender Eric Garcia replaced the Stones by playing a pair of midfielders with Nathan Ake, a Man City rookie this season.
Leicester really got off to an impressive start to the 2020/21 football season when they won the first two rounds. But the “foxes” have to march to Etihad Stadium with their defense shattered by injury. Jonny Evans is not in the best shape yet. Ricardo Pereira should not return until mid-October. Wilfred Ndidi, who was dragged into midfield by Brendan Rodgers earlier in the season, was also absent with injury. That does not include the departure of Ben Chiwell.
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| De Bruyne still did a good job of “assisting passes”, but his teammates didn’t take advantage of it. |
It wasn’t unexpected, despite the staffing difficulties, but Man City is still Man City, especially in the context of playing in the Etihad cave. The Manchester “giants” dominated right after the opening whistle and took only 4 minutes to take the lead.
From De Bruyne’s corner kick, the ball shot towards Mahrez’s position and the Algerian star looked freely to launch an extremely dangerous live shot with his right foot, hitting the ball into the high corner. the inability of goalkeeper Schmeichel.
Everyone knows Mahrez was called Leicester before joining Man City and this player also shot the old team in the 200th Premier League match. With an early goal, the home team of Etihad grew increasingly overwhelmed and continually caused waves on Schmeichel’s goal, but in turn Rodri, Fernandinho and Sterling missed the opportunity to eat.
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| Vardy drew 1-1 for Leicester after a successful 11-meter kick that he won |
In the 25th minute, De Bruyne hung the ball softly in the 16m50 area and Fernandinho chose the correct landing point, jumped high and shook his head, but the ball went straight to Schmeichel’s position, so he was easily caught. .
In the 35th minute, he was still De Bruyne’s familiar hanging ball and this time Leicester’s net had to vibrate after the end with Rodri’s head. However, the referee did not recognize the goal due to an offside error.
Not long after that, Man City was awarded. Jamie Vardy wisely fell to the ground after being hit by Kyle Walker and referee Oliver signaled the 11m spot. The top “2019/20 Premier League top scorer” successfully took a penalty kick to even the score.
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| Vardy increased the score to 2-1 after an improvised heel shot. |
With more confidence and spirit after the draw, Leicester played better and better and the defense sharp – the counterattack became extremely dangerous. There were moments late in the first half when Man City’s defenders simply lacked concentration or made a small mistake, Ederson’s goal could fall entirely into a state of warning.
At the start of the second half, Leicester’s defense was probably due to the blocking of other spearheads in the Man City attack, so De Bruyne brought the ball closer to the 16m50 area and launched a dunk shot with his left foot. deviating from the post. tightly.
In the 51st minute, coach Guardiola launched a young talent born in 2003, Liam Delap replaced Fernandinho. Liam Delap is the son of Rory Delap, the once famous “serve player” in the Premier League. A few days ago, Liam Delap made his debut for Manchester City’s first team with a goal in the English League Cup (defeating Bournemouth 2-1).
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| Vardy completed his hattrick after his second “home” shot at 11 meters in the game. |
Immediately afterwards, faced with the situation of stealing the ball from his teammates, Mahrez advanced several times and decided to launch a shot from close range 20m and the ball deflected from the goal. However, when all of Pep Guardiola’s attempts for the second half were unsuccessful, Man City had to accept a goal.
In the 54th minute, Tielemans opened the ball, allowing Castagne to escape down the right before reaching for Vardy to spontaneously finish with his heel, knocking Ederson down point-blank.
Not in time to recover, Pep Guardiola’s army continued to “hit” from Vardy. In the 57th minute, the 33-year-old English striker for the second time in the match received a penalty (Eric Garcia’s foul) and of course Vardy remained the one who made the 11-meter kick to complete the hattrick.
In the 64th minute, Liam Delap scored on his Premier League debut when his header from a Mendy cross on the left wing went over the crossbar. Then the opportunity came for Sterling, but the posture was slightly on the mark, so the precision was not high.
After 73 minutes, Harvey Barnes confidently sneaked into Man City’s center, outscoring 4-5 opponents before kicking, but the shot was too light to make Ederson difficult.
When the scoring stage is still locked, Man City continues to concede. In the 77th minute, receiving the ball from Mendy, James Maddison barely entered the field and drove the ball from the left wing into the middle before launching a beautiful shot, pocketing the ball into the high corner on Ederson’s disability.
Until then, the home team knows how to score more goals. In the 84th minute, after Mahrez’s corner kick, midfielder Nathan Ake headed high to hit Schmeichel’s net and score his first goal in a new jersey.
TEAM
CITY OF MANCHESTER (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Eric Garcia, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy; Fernandinho (Liam Delap 51 ‘), Rodri; Phil Foden (Ferran Torres 64 ‘), Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling; Riyad Mahrez.
CITY OF LEICESTER (3-4-3): Kasper Schmeichel; Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans (Fuchs 80 ‘), Caglar Soyuncu; Timothy Castagne, Nampalys Mendy, Youri Tielemans, James Justin; Dennis Praet (Maddison 69 ‘), Harvey Barnes; Jamie Vardy.
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