Wow, eighteen and
counting as the Manchester City Boys are riding high and with an all-around
momentum as they are the team to beat in the upcoming second half of Premiership.
Still they have a
match on New Year’s Eve against Crystal Palace at the London colossus of
Selhurst Park, putting their undefeated streak on the line against resurgent
Eagles.
Who will ever imagine
that a squad in last campaign that had its share of struggles and not winning a
single shield now is looking invincible and determined to win it all in this edition
of Premiership.
Not only looking for
the FA and Carabao Cups and the Barclays Shield but also going after the granddaddy
of trophies the Champions League, the most elusive of trophies this club has
not won in its single story and now is bracing among the favorites to win it
all.
Coming to play against
a suddenly recovered Geordies squad and at the place these play their best game,
the Toon, the Sky Blues were to have their hands full against a squad suddenly becoming
a competitive entity.
Yes one more win and
the Citizens can tie that winning streak Pep deliver in his days at Allianz
Arena with Bayern Munich where his Bundesliga giants recorded 19 wins on the
2013-14 campaign, and now this record will be up for grabs come December 31st.
Not only Manchester City
is looking unbeatable but as well out of reach by its foes, especially its cross
town foes Manchester United trailing by a total of fifteen points and by far
the race for the shield is far from over for Mourinho and Conte.
Still this win did
not came easy as the Man City Boys displaying a tactical and offensive minded
4-3-3 formation this time with Bernado Silva, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling
up front in the attacking core.
The visitors were
clear favorites of putting a display of fireworks offensively and the end these
missed miserably and were at the mercy of their hosts who started a rally in
the last minutes of the match as substitute Dwight Gayle came within inches of
scoring the equalizer.
However, the win for the
Citizens considered in league circles to show off a very stingy and resilient defensive
backfield that did not allowed the locals offensive game to shine and
preserving the clean sheet for Ederson.
For Magpies manager
Rafael Benitez, despite seeing his side succumbed to City, still this match
showed off a lot of improvements and new competiveness in his initial eleven,
elevating the possibilities of making a decent run in the second half.
In addition, of seeing,
a domain Sky Blues offensive display at work, with Kevin De Bruyne missing the
posts in three occasions, along with Sergio Aguero, Ikay Gundogan and Raheem
Sterling not being on target, at the end Sterling’s perseverance became the ultimate
factor.
As the first half-lone
goal scored by Raheem Sterling in the 31 with assistance from Kevin De Bruyne for
the lone goal and what became his 13 of the campaign in the winning cause.
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