Manchester City Cruise to Victory Over Luton Ahead of Real Madrid Clash

He Manchester City I needed to win Etihad al Luton to sleep as provisional leader and focus all his energy on next Wednesday’s quarterfinal second leg against Real Madrid (9pm). Said and done, with a little hand included (5-1)

In the first half those of Pep Guardiola It took them no time at all to open the scoring, since in the second minute they were already in control. It was in an unfortunate action of Hashiokawho put the ball into his own goal with his face, after a beautiful scissors shot from Haalandwho had previously failed a one-on-one against Kaminski.

The early goal did not alter the expected script, the Citizens monopolized the ball, with 75% possession, 19 shots and up to 10 corners in just one half.

They tried from the front Dias, Gvardiol and Kovacic, with deflected or soft shots at the hands of an inspired Kaminski. He was closer to success Nunes, who hit the post with his shot. An anxious Haaland also had it, who forced and unsuccessfully finished off a cross with music by De Bruyne. It was a taquigoal, in which De Bruyne penetrated the Luton defense again and again with his magical passes, while Doku did so with devilish runs down the left..

In the second half the inevitable happened, the goals began to fall like hotcakes.

Although in the first minutes City remained somewhat stuck, in the 64th minute Kovacic He scored a real great goal, with a quick shot a little in front of the moon of the area from the same corner. The Croatian has presented his candidacy for the title in the Champions League, breaking the defensive system of the team over and over again with his leadership. Edwards. In the last 20 minutes Doku’s display continued, showing that he was going one way and leaving the other. This is how he caused the 3-0 penalty, which transformed Haalandfooling the goalkeeper.

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Rest for De Bruyne and Haaland

In the 81st minute Guardiola decided to rest two of his stars with the score already settled. At the minute, in the 81st minute, Luton closed the gap, with a goal from Barkley after stealing the ball from Nunes in ball exit, drive, surpass Dias and beat Ederson.

They closed the win in the 87th minute Doku and in 90+3 Gvardiol with two real goals. The Belgian in a devilish race in which he surpassed the entire defense to score a goal that he deserved. The Croatian did it with a specialty that until a week ago he was unaware of, the long-distance shot from the front, just like he did against Real Madrid.

Formation: 4231 Premier League playing field 31 82 24 8 3 25 19 27 9 17 11 24 32 14 45 16 27 8 6 9 30 18

31Ederson

Thomas Kaminski24

82Rico Lewis

24 Josko Guardiol 92′

Tahith Chong14

8Mateo Kovacic

63′

Alfie Doughty45

3Rúben Dias

Reece Burke16

25Manuel Akanji

Daiki Hashioka27 1′

19Julián Álvarez

27Matheus Nunes

Ross Barkley6

80′

Carlton Morris9

17Kevin De Bruyne

42′

80′

11Jérémy Doku 86′

18Stefan Ortega

James Shea1

2Kyle Walker

Tim Krul23

6Nathan Aké

10Jack Grealish

Christian Chigozie42

16 Rodri

Axel Piesold44

20Bernardo Silva

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu17

76′

47 Phil Foden

Taylan Harris41

Pep Guardiola

Rob Edwards

2024-04-13 16:21:39
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