Defeating Leicester, The Citizens Cuts the Distance with Liverpool

DBasia.news –  Manchester City has cut the gap with Premier League leaders, Liverpool, after a 3-1 win over current runners-up, Leicester City, at the Etihad Stadium.

With this victory, Manchester City remains in third place with 38 points. However, The Citizens are only one point behind Leicester who are above.

The Foxes surprised the host’s public when the game was 20 minutes in. Through a counter-attack scheme, Harvey Barnes’ bait was received by Jamie Vardy who ran fast. Calmly, Vardy fired a small shot past Ederson Moraes.

After ten minutes, the host responded. Riyad Mahez shot against Caglar Soyuncu before entering Leicester’s goal. Score 1-1.

42 minutes in, Manchester City received a penalty after Ricardo Pereira carelessly tackled Raheem Sterling in the restricted area. Ilkay Guendogan came forward as the executor and completed his task well. The 2-1 score closed the first round.

In the second half, City did not relax the pressure. The result, Gabriel Jesus added the advantage of the host in the 69th minute. He made use of assists from Kevin De Bruyne. The score finished 3-1 and this position lasted until the fight was over.