Manchester City wins at Norwich ground with Raheem Sterling hat-trick

Raheem Sterling was unleashed and with three goals and active participation in the other, he led the way to victory at Carrow Road by Man City (0-4) that he did not feel the pressure that Liverpool tried to put him under with his victory on Thursday against Leicester.

The red team closed the distance in the classification. But it did not affect Manchester City, who comfortably beat Norwich to raise the difference in the table to twelve points again. That yes, the team of the Spaniard Pep Guardiola has played two games more than his main pursuer.

He cornered Dean Smith’s team from the beginning, which is going to suffer to maintain the category. He is second to last, in the relegation zone. He seemed to have reacted with his two victories and a draw in his last three commitments. But he returned to his old ways against the leader.

The ‘canaries’ resisted half an hour. How long it took for Sterling to hit the gas. It was on a run by Kyle Walker from the right that the ball reached Sterling at the other corner of the area. He stopped the ball, made space for himself and with a great shot beat Angus Gunn.

The second came at the beginning of the second part. The England international drove the ball down the left and passed it to Ilkay Gundogan who sent it into the area. It was picked up by Phil Foden who, on the second attempt, scored.

The third reached twenty from the end. He was born on a corner kick. Foden sent the ball that Rubén Dias took advantage of to leave the ball at the pleasure of Sterling who, with a header, scored again.

The great afternoon of the citizen attacker was extended in the final stretch, when a foul inside the area by Grant Hanley was sanctioned with a penalty. He threw it and Sterling missed it, who took advantage of the rebound to bring the ball back into the net and round off the visitor’s win.

With the clash resolved Guardiola began to dose and think about returning to the Champions League and in Tuesday’s match against Sporting (Lisbon) in the first leg of the round of 16. Norwich, which is away from permanence, had long since lowered its arms. (D)