Manchester City only thought of one result for the duel against Watford: the victory to take the lead in the Premier League. By the 15th round, the team commanded by Guardiola won 3-1 and now climbs to the top of the table, with 35 points. Watford continues in 17th place with 13 added.
Watford enters the field for the tournament next Friday, at 17:00 (GMT), against Brentford. Next Saturday, City will face Wolverhampton at 9:30 am.
The game – The first half was dominated by the Manchester team. In the very first minute, after a corner kick, Laporte appeared to head in, but João Pedro saved him on the line.
Just two minutes later, Guardiola’s team opened the scoring. Foden crossed to Sterling, who came free and sent to the nets. At nine, in a similar move, Grealish almost scored the second, but the goalkeeper saved midway through the goal.
Until the fifteenth minute, City had already had six submissions against the opponent’s zero. At 30, Bernardo Silva extended the advantage. On the counterattack, Sterling received it from Grealish and played it to Silva, who passed it to Gundogan to beat. On the rebound, the Portuguese seized the opportunity and puffed up the nets.
In the second stage, nothing different. On minute six, Sterling received it in midfield, took it to the area and filled his foot, but Bachmann made a great save. Without giving up, Foden found Walker, who found Bernardo in the penalty area. The 20 shirt pulled the ball to the left and hit the angle to score his second in the game.
To close the count, Watford managed to cash in with Cucho Hernández. He received the ball in the penalty area, hit it crossed, the ball hit the crossbar and returned to the attacker to score the only team member.
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