Manchester City wins away and follows the hunt for Liverpool – Football leader

Manchester City did their part to stay in the fray of the English Championship 2018/2019 title. The Pep Guardiola team defeated Southampton 3 to 1 on Sunday (30).

With this result, Pep Guardiola's team has reached 47 points in 20 games, thus taking the advantage. in England. First place is Liverpool, which has 54 points. Southampton has 15 points and is ranked 17th out of the top 20 teams.

In the middle of the end-of-year games, the two teams will not leave until 2019. Wednesday (2), Southampton Tours in Chelsea;

Sergio Agüero, culmination of the Manchester City collective

In the collective action of Manchester City, the offensive trio was giving good results, with Riyad Mahrez on the right and Raheem Sterling from the left. Without the same speed, Sergio Agüero was attentive in the area and also succeeded, with a header in the first half of the extras.

Hojbjerg might be the hero of Southampton, but he became a villain.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was a Southampton hero candidate. That was his nil goal from Southampton. time in the first half. However, at 39 minutes from the second half and already with a 3-1 lead over City, the former Bayern Munich was not relieved: he hit an outrageous car at Fernandinho and s & # 39; 39, is made expel, further reducing the low chances of

Initially in reserve, the Brazilian striker left the bank at 28 (19659009), the Brazilian striker left the bank at the end of the season.

min from the second half to replace Sergio Agüero when the game was already decided. In the 34th minute, Riyad Mahrez made a good pbad that advanced at the speed of the right and which simply did not score because he overthrew goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. Manchester City wakes up after dread and dominates

The match began with speed and chances for both sides, but City did not have much time to play. to impose and open the dashboard. At 9 minutes, Bernardo Silva, sitting next to Riyad Mahrez, went to the bottom line and crossed; David Silva dribbles past the keeper and scores the ball into the net.

The visitors took the lead 27 minutes into the match. However, without being able to enlarge, City was surprised: in the 36th minute, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg stole the ball from Olexandr Zinchenko, invaded the area and hit hard to equalize.

Fear has awakened Pep Guardiola's team. After 44 minutes, Raheem Sterling sent a free kick in high over the penalty box, but the ball went just wide of the post. James Ward-Prowse stepped in and, in the 47th minute, saved Zinchenko he was bought and centered the ball to the left to allow Sergio Agüero to lead the score to 3-1.

With the quieter score, City won the second half. Logos in the 9th minute, Sterling invaded the area and knocked center, but goalkeeper Alex McCarthy closed the corner and defended with the forehead. Four minutes later, Agüero ventured out of the edge of the area and hit the crossbar.

Southampton is still not good enough

Southampton still suffers from irregularity. In their fifth game at the head of the team, Ralph Hasenhuttl attempted to strengthen the midfielder to bring the ball out of the city – and the strategy showed some effectiveness when the ballooned the ball. team equalized, just in a stolen balloon Pierre-Emile Hojbjberg in defense of the city. But that was not enough and the team remains under threat.

Except that the options available to Pep Guardiola proved to be even stronger. Thanks to the advances on the wings of the attack, the team of the Spanish coach allowed Olexandr Zinchenko and David Silva to appear in reinforcement of the trio of attack formed by Riyadh , Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling

prevails; Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 away, thanks to a goal from N 'Golo Kanté after David Luiz's pbad . Burnley, also threatened, received West Ham and surprised by beating 2-0 – Chris Wood and Dwight McNeil scored.

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
SOUTHAMPTON 1 X 3 MANCHESTER

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton (ING)

December 30, 2018 (Sunday)
Time: 15h-15h] Referee: Paul Tierney (ING)
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis (ING) and Scott Ledger (ING)
Goals: David Silva, 9 min. ; Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 36 minutes from the 1st T (SOU); James Ward-Prowse (against), 44 min from 1st T (MCI); Sergio Aguero, 47 min from 1st T (MCI)
Yellow cards: Charlie Austin (SOU) and Jan Bednarek (SOU); Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (SOU)

SOUTHAMPTON: Alex McCarthy; Kayne Ramsay, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens and Matt Targett; Oriol Romeu (Yann Valery); James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Mario Lemina (Nathan Redmond) and Mohamed Elyounoussi; Charlie Austin (Shane Long)
Technician: Ralph Hasenhuttl

MANCHESTER: Ederson; Danilo, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte and Olexandr Zinchenko; Fernandinho (Kyle Walker), Bernardo Silva and David Silva; Riyad Mahrez (Leroy Sané), Sergio Aguero (Gabriel Jesus) and Raheem Sterling
Technician: Pep Guardiola