DBasia.news – Manchester City defeated his team in the first leg of League Cup semifinal round, Burton Albion, Thursday (10/1). Man City won with a 9-0 score.
Sending the top players like Gabriel Jesus, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, and Leroy Sane, The Citizens could easily defeat the League One club. The statistic ‘talked’ a lot in that match.
Man City won the kicks 28:4, 14 on target compared to 1, 74:26 percent ball possession, and 818:292 passings.
Jesus scored four goals and the other 5 goals were created by De Bruyne, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker, and Riyad Mahrez. Jesus scored 8 goals from 7 chances playing as the starter of all competitions.
The Brasilian striker is also the third player after Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero who scored one hat-trick for Man City since leaving Maine Road to Etihad Stadium. Jesus scored two hat-tricks, Tevez four, and Aguero 10 times.
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What makes it more special for Man City, as Opta cited, the current squad of Pep Guardiola equalized the brilliant record of Leeds United under Don Revie as the team that could score at least 7 goals in 2 consecutive times of all competitions.
Before defeating Burton under Nigel Clough, the team won 7-0 against Rotherham in the FA Cup. The last time a club won with more than 7 goals was in October 1967.
Don Revie, called Donald George Revie, makes Leeds as England’s best club in 1961-1974. The rivalry with Brian Clough was the perks of his journey with Leeds and you could watch it in the movie “The Damned United”.
Guardiola also broke another record. The first time Man City scored 8 goals within a match was in November 1987. At that time, they won 10-1 against Huddersfield Town.
During the semifinal phase, the 9-0 victory is the biggest winning of all time.
Man City are just a step away from the final round to keep their victory title against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.