After a long time, the impression of confidence in the presence of Kevin De Bruynefil Fodens on the field caught the eye, the sight of crushing the opposition with one sharp attack after another. Manchester City announced that they will return to their form by flooding the opponent in their own field. His echo in coach Guardiola’s voice.
City won 60 goals by dominating the entire time in the Premier League match at Ipswich Town on Sunday. The last four-time league champions gave a glimpse of the poor performance, they finally managed to break the web of failure. But, in the last two and a half months, City was thinking about their poor performance, not the opponent. Hence, such a performance has become special even in the arena of the relegation zone team.
Foden, who scored twice in the previous match in the league, found the back of the net with two excellent finishes. With Mateo Kovacic’s strong shot from outside the D-box, City took control of the match in the first half. And in the second half, Jeremy Doku, Arling Holland and James McAtee found the net.
City scored 6 or more goals in 13 Premier League matches under Guardiola’s coaching. Arsene Wenger’s coached Arsenal achieved this feat in equal number of matches. Only Manchester United (14) managed to score 6 or more goals in this competition under the coach of Alex Ferguson. But what has caught the eye more than these statistics, is their exhilarating and dominating performance on the field. An elated Guardiola also said so on Sky Sports after the match.
“Today we are really happy. We are back to the things that made this team stand out in the last 10 years. We are very happy to get these three points and get back to the place (top four of the league table) to qualify for the Champions League.”
“The boys played very well, maybe not our best performance, but we had consistency in the match…all on the ball. Ingenuity and agility stepped forward and everyone was involved.”
22 City have returned to number four with 38 points from 11 wins and 5 draws. Despite getting equal points, Newcastle United fell one step behind in goal difference. Liverpool are 12 points ahead of them by playing one match less.