Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham: He cleaned up from the first quarter and made it “6 out of 6”

Manchester City have been in insane form since the start of the season and don’t seem ready to stop anywhere. On Saturday (September 23rd) it was Nottingham’s turn to bow to their superiority. Pep Guardiola’s side stormed the first 15 minutes at the Etihad and then managed their lead brilliantly (especially from the 46th minute onwards with one player less due to Rodri’s suspension). win 2-0 and celebrate their sixth win in as many Premier League games.

The match

Manchester City went into the game furious, trying to grab Nottingham by the scruff of the neck, and after firing a warning shot in the third minute with Alvarez’s direct free-kick (parried by Turner), they opened the scoring four minutes later.

The maestro Rodri fended off precise balls behind the opposition defense and Walker passed the ball with one hand to Foden, who sent the ball into the left corner of the goal with a powerful left-foot shot inside the penalty area (1-0).

The Citizens formed a stunning partnership with Alvarez-Foden-Nunes in the 14th minute, with the 25-year-old Portuguese midfielder curling a cross for Haaland’s head and Norwegian Turner mercilessly eliminating his goals with his eighth shot of the year to make it 2-0 in all competitions.

This goal allowed England to slow down their three-point game and Cooper’s men found a chance to calm down, allowing both teams to go to the dressing room, with City clearly superior in the final (6-1) and the possession rate (77% – 23%) significantly exceeded. ).

The start of the second half brought a nasty surprise for Guardiola and his City fans after the Spanish midfielder lost his temper after a corner between Rodry and Gibbs-White, grabbed his opponent by the throat and received a straight red card from the referee 46′ .

As a result, Guardiola withdrew Docu and Alvarez within 10 minutes and replaced them with Phillips and Ake to strengthen his defense, with Cooper in turn using all the attacking cards at his disposal and the arrival of Hudson-Ontoi and Elanga in the 56th minute ‘and Origi and Wood in the 75’.

In the second half the Citizens took the least risk with one player less and their only final in this period was Haaland’s big chance in the 78th minute, with Nottingham for their part finishing the second half with 9 finals, but with the goal kick from them he was left with didn’t move the knitting.

Her best chance to do so came in the fifth minute of stoppage time, but she had the excellent Anderson, with the Brazilian goalkeeper initially parrying Elanga’s shot and repeatedly fending off Bolli’s dangerous shot from high in the bullpen as the period progressed.

• MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ruben Diaz, Guardiol, Rodri, Nunes, Foden (87′ Grealis), Alvarez (57′ Ake), Doku (51′ Phillips), Haaland
• NOTTINGHAM: Turner, Boley, Niakate, Mangala, Aurier (56′ Hudson-Ondoi), Shangare (56′ Elanga), Eina (75′ Origi), Tavares (39′ Montiel), Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Avonigi (75′ Wood)

The results of the 6th game

• Manchester City-Nottingham 2:0 (7′ Foden, 14′ Haaland)
• Crystal Palace – Fulham 0-0
• Luton – Wolves 1-1 (65′ penalty. Morris / 50′ net)
• 09/23 19:30 o’clock Brentford-Everton
• 09/23 22:00 O’clock Burnley-Manchester United
• 09/24 4:00 p.m Chelsea-Aston Villa
• 09/24 4:00 p.m Arsenal-Tottenham
• 09/24 4:00 p.m Liverpool-West Ham
• 09/24 4:00 p.m Brighton-Bournemouth
• 09/24 6:30 p.m Sheffield-Newcastle

The program of the 7th game

• September 30th 2:30 p.m Aston Villa-Brighton
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock Manchester United – Crystal Palace
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock Newcastle-Burnley
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock Wolves – Manchester City
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock Bournemouth-Arsenal
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock West Ham-Sheffield
• September 30th 17:00 o’clock Everton-Luton
• September 30th 19:30 o’clock Tottenham-Liverpool
• 01.10. 4:00 p.m Nottingham-Brentford
• 02.10. 22:00 O’clock Fulham-Chelsea