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LONDON (Reuters) – Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesús scored two goals and helped the third to lead Manchester City to a 3-1 win at Everton on Saturday in the first round of the English Premier League.
Tottenham beat Burnley 1-0 and Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Leicester City and Newcastle at Hiddersfield 1-0, Watford at Cardiff City 3-2 and Wolverhampton at Bournemouth 2-0.
Manchester City quickly recovered after beating Chelsea in the final stage, the first of the season, and raised the score to 44 points to regain the lead temporarily until the end of the rest of the games phase.
Liverpool, second on 42 points, can regain the lead if he beat Manchester United Sunday in another match at the same stadium.
Everton suffered his second loss to two draws in his last four games to score 24 points in eighth place.
Manchester City ended the first half for Gabriel Jesús in the 22nd minute.
In the second half, Jesus added his second goal to the team in the 50th minute and Dominique Calvert Lywin scored Everton's only goal in the 65th minute, before substitute Rahim Stirling took the match from the third goal in the 69th minute.
The victory was Manchester City's second consecutive victory over Everton with the same result, beating Everton 3-1 in the final round of the competition in the second round of the competition last season.
Both teams ran quickly at the start of the match and saw the first few minutes of some parity between them with mutual attempts to attack the two teams who gave nothing.
Despite parity on Everton 's equal footing, Manchester City was the most dominant ball of the field.
The first serious chance for Everton was a 15-minute attack and Lucas Dini's center on the left for free-keeper Richelson de Andrade missed the ball in the penalty area, but his shot missed the ball.
Lucas Dini received a warning in the 19th minute due to strong interference with Riaz Mehrez of Manchester City.
Manchester City did not take advantage of the free kick they scored near the penalty area, but the ball went to Fabian Delph, who shot from outside the penalty area, but the ball went slightly higher. goal.
The 21st minute saw a serious attack on Manchester City, but Everton's defense kept the ball at the last minute against Gabriel Jesús.
Pressure from Manchester City resulted in a 22-minute lead by Brazilian Jesús.
The goal came after a quick attack organized by German Leroa Sani against the perfect Jesus, who rushed into the area to control the Brazilian star and fired a powerful shot in the narrow corner to the right of goalkeeper Jordan Beckford, who could do nothing to become the goal of progression.
Everton failed to change the score in the minutes following the return of Manchester City to put pressure on the defense of the guests.
Manchester City put pressure on Everton's defense in the 40th minute and his players grabbed the ball to unleash a dangerous attack. Riyad Mehrez managed a powerful shot inside the penalty area, but Beckford saved the ball at the end of the first half as Manchester City moved up 1-0.
Manchester City resumed its offensive pressure early in the second half and the team was quick to translate the good start into the second half, with Jesus scoring the second goal for the team in the 50th minute.
The goal came as a result of a quick attack on the left and Lerua Sani scored on a magnificent center from the left.
Attempts to attack Manchester City followed in the ensuing minutes, but the team failed to strengthen its lead.
The team paid a heavy price for the ineffectiveness of his attack in several attacks, with a goal in the 65th minute.
The goal was the first chance of the match for Everton. Everton's attack against the Manchester City defenders was followed by Lukas Denny's high shot on the left and Dominique Calvert-Leeuwen hitting the ball with his head to the left.
Spaniard Josep Guardiola, director of Manchester City, made a radical change by replacing Rahim Stirling instead of Leroy Sani.
Stirling rewarded his coach with confidence as he scored the third goal in the 69th minute to make the task more difficult for Everton and weaken his hopes for a draw.
Jesús took advantage of Everton's defense on the left before passing the ball to his fellow Fernandinho, who carried a center from inside the box, while Stirling hit the ball with his head.
Everton tried to react quickly to the goal and Richardson ended a quick attack with a powerful shot from the edge of the box but the ball hit the crossbar.
Everton's luck in the 73rd minute was followed by a quick attack from Theo Walcott, replacing, a shot from the center of the box.
Guardiola paid his Belgian international Kevin De Bruin in the 75th minute instead of Riad Mehrez.
Fabian Delph and Lewin, of Manchester City, were sent off by Everton in the 76th minute after a dispute between the two teams due to the strength of the matches.
The last minutes of the match were marked by several offensive attempts for both teams, but nothing in the confusion that dominated the players to end the attacks and end the Manchester City match with a valuable victory.
Tottenham wins against Burnley
In the second game, Tottenham won a tough 1-0 win over Burnley.
Tottenham, who won in the first minute of the match, is credited with the win.
Tottenham lifted his lead to 39 points in third, five points behind leader Manchester City, and Burnley was stuck at 12 points in the 17th.
Match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City
In the third game, Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Leicester City.
The only goal of the match was Luka Milivojevic in the 39th minute.
Crystal Palace gained 15 points in 15th place and Leicester finished 22nd in 11th place.
Newcastle beats Hittersfield
In the fourth game, Newcastle won a difficult 1-0 win at Hiderfsfeld.
Newcastle beat Jose Salomon Rondon, who scored the only goal in the 55th minute.
Newcastle had 16 points on 14 points and Hiddersfield lost 10 points in 18th.
Watford / Cardiff City
In the fifth part, Watford beat Cardiff City 3-2.
The goals of Watford Girarde Dolovio in the 16th minute, Jose Holipas at 52 minutes and Domingos Cuena in the 68th minute, David Hoylet of Cardiff scored in the 80th minute and Bobby Reed in the 82nd minute.
Watford advanced to 24 points in ninth place, with a goal difference behind Everton, and Cardiff lost 14 points in 16th.
In the sixth match, Raúl Jimenez and Ivan Cavalero scored twice in the 12th and final minutes of the match, taking their team to Wolverhampton to beat Bournemouth 2-0.
Wolverhampton moved to 25 points in seventh place and Bournemouth lost 23 points in the tenth place.
(AFP)
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