Trailing, Manchester City secured the essentials by winning 1-2 on the Luton Town pitch after strengthening the match at the end of the match. On the Devils side, Albert Sambi Lokonga played again after more than two months of absence due to injury.
Luton against Manchester City. It was not a world of difference that separated the two teams but rather a universe between a team with its atypical stadium for the Premier League and another with millions of euros. However, it was the second who had the pressure of the result before the meeting. In an unusual series of four matches without a victory, the men of Guardiola could not lose further points along the way so as not to see the leading trio take too much of a lead. A trip to Luton looked like a superb opportunity to regain confidence but the English boy had proven on Tuesday against Arsenal, against whom he held out until the very end of added time, that he could put any problem in difficulty. anyone.
To avoid further disappointment, Skyblues could count on the return of their talisman Rodri but also of Grealish while Jérémy Doku was still injured and Haaland was not available either. Unsurprisingly, they largely took the meeting into their own hands but were quickly defeated by a man: Thomas Kaminski.
In great shape, the Red Devil did not take two minutes before being challenged by a cross strike from The foot which he repelled perfectly (2nd). The rest of the first period looked like a great vintage for the former Anderlecht goalkeeper. Whether on a heavy strike of Rodri (19th), a cross shot from Foden (27th) or when it was necessary to go out at the feet of the English international, Kaminski was impeccable. Interesting in the construction, City therefore lacked a little precision in the last gesture to open the scoring, as in a beautiful collective action which perfectly isolated Alvarez but the Argentinian did not know how to get on target (28th).
Apart from a distant strike from Townsend, Luton was then very discreet and surprised everyone in added time by… opening the score. At the reception of a good center of Townsend, Adebayo rose much higher than Dias to place the header ball into the cageEderson. Luton then led 1-0 at the break.
2023-12-10 15:57:37
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