With this result, they have one more than Arsenal, who this Sunday will be able to regain the lead when they host Nottingham Forest.
Without the Norwegian striker Erling Haland (17 goals and top scorer in the Premier) due to a foot problem and a feverish picture after the Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund, the coach, the Catalan Josep Guardiola, decided to give Julián Álvarez from Córdoba the opportunity as a starter.
Julian Alvarez’s party
for the born in Calchin 22 years ago it was an “unfair” match. The front former river He came into play very little, he touched the ball very little and he did not have any goal situations or free shots at the rival goal. He cannot be blamed for not trying or for the effort he put into the duel: the Spider did not stop running to press and try to get away, but he did not have a good afternoon.
Largely because the tactical approach of Brendan Rodgers, the Leicester coach, prevented City from showing their best game. The local decided to fall back and defend their goal. He set up a lock on the edge of the area to guard his goalkeeper Danny Ward. He played with a line of 5 in the background, plus four midfielders and Jamie Vardy only as an attacking reference.
He knew how to put up with it in the first half, but a genius from De Bruyne defined the match. Just four minutes into the second half when Jack Grealish he faced down the middle and received a slight touch from Belgium’s Tielemans. De Bruyne’s free kick was perfect: he flew over the wall and hit almost at the angle between the post and the crossbar to dig into the net.
Despite being at a disadvantage on the scoreboard, the locals did not abandon their position and maintained a closed defense, leaving no free space for a rival who dominated the ball and was no longer in a hurry to attack. In this context, Álvarez sank between the central defenders and little came into play.
A Tielemans volley saved by Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson and the crossbar could have changed the course of the match. But there was a lot of fighting and little play until the 75th minute, when the local coach finished unfolding his game plan: he removed Vardy and center back Soyuncu so that forwards Iheanacho and Daka could enter. Now Leicester was playing 4-4-2 and was looking for a draw that never came.
In turn, Guardiola refreshed the attack and brought out Julián Álvarez to be replaced by Phil Foden and thus try to take advantage of the free spaces that the locals could not now cover with their new drawing. But nothing happened other than the minutes until the end of the game. City bagged all three points, climbed to the top and transferred the pressure to Arsenal, their main competitor for the Premier this season.
Source: Ambito
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