In the heads up for the title, the Manchester City passed all the pressure to Liverpool after beating Watford 5-1 (19th), with four goals from Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus, this Saturday on matchday 34 of the PremierLeague.
With this win, Pep Guardiola’s team reaches 80 points and leads by four to Liverpool, who will receive a needy Everton on Sunday (17th) in the Mersey derby.
Unlike the interweekly duel against Brighton (3-0), in which City were not able to open the scoring until well into the second half, this time the Citizens suffered very little against a rival that goes straight to the Championship.
On this occasion, Guardiola’s team scored five goals in less than an hour and the rest of the game was dedicated to controlling the advantage and not wearing out in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals next Tuesday against Real Madrid.
“Is incredible. Sometimes you play very well and don’t score and other times you play like that and score every time what do you have”, declared Gabriel Jesus.
“I’m happy because It has been my day. Now is the best time of the season. When you decide matches and win trophies. This is what football means to us”, he added satisfied.
GabrielJesus, who had barely scored 3 goals in 1,455 minutes played so far in the championship, he had the best game this seasonrecalling the striker who City signed at the beginning of Guardiola’s stage on the bench as a future substitute for Argentine Sergio Agüero.
“If anyone deserves the best in life, it’s Gabriel,” Guardiola said after the game. No matter what position he plays, we know he will fight for his teammates. He is fantastic,” he added.
hardly needed four minutes the Brazilian to open the scoring in a play that began with a cross from Joao Cancelo at minute four. He repeated after taking advantage of another pass from Kevin de Bruyne (minute 23), completed the hat trick from the penalty spot at the beginning of the second half (minute 49) and closed his account behind a wall with De Bruyne (minute 53).
Hassane Kamara scored the goal that allowed Watford to go 2-1 Shortly before half an hour of play (minute 28), Spanish midfielder Rodri Hernández quickly put an end to any chance of the visitors’ uprising by scoring with a powerful volley (minute 34).
“Today we had a final and we won it. Now we have the opportunity to play another one against Leeds” next weekend, between the two games against Real Madrid, Guardiola declared.
“Nothing changes. We have to win the five remaining games to be champions”, added the Catalan coach. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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