Manchester City needed nothing less than Gabriel Jesus on the pitch. This Saturday, for the 35th round of the English Championship, the Brazilian led the rout applied by the team by 5 to 1 and scored four goals in the duel.
After being knocked out by rivals in the FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola’s team secured the lead in the tournament with 80 points, four less than second-placed Liverpool, and is seeking the Premier League title.
Watford, on the other hand, is still in the relegation zone with 22 added and now has four consecutive defeats. Even if he won the victory, he would not leave 19th place.
On different paths, the teams’ next commitments will not be for the same competition. Before City enter the field again for the English, they face Real Madrid next Tuesday, at 16:00 (Brasília time), for the first semi-final of the Champions League.
Watford, in turn, host Burnley next Saturday, at 11 am, for the national tournament.
First time
Early on, Pep Guardiola’s team took the lead at home. Cancelo, from the right, sent it to Zinchenko on the other side. The Ukrainian sent it to the middle of the area and Gabriel Jesus, with the goal practically wide open, opened the scoring for the Premier League leader.
Unbelievably Dennis missed the best opportunity so far of the tie in the sequence. The Nigerian came out in front of the goal, took a long time to finish and ended up being disarmed.
At 21, Jesus scored his second goal in the game. João Cancelo found De Bruyne, who crossed in the measure for shirt 9 to head and widen.
Then it was Watford’s turn to cash in. Kamara started the play from the left side and took the ball to the area, hitting it cross.
Before heading down to the dressing rooms, Rodri scored City’s third. After Jesus recovered the ball, the ex-Palmeiras served the Spaniard, who scored a great goal from afar.
Second time
With not even a minute left on the scoreboard, the Brazilian striker was back on the attack.
He dribbled the opposing defense and arrived to kick, but was knocked down by the goalkeeper and scored a penalty. The own charge and scored a hat-trick.
Not even ten minutes later, Gabriel’s star didn’t stop shining. Grealish served Jesus and the number 9 scored with De Bruyne. At first, the athlete sent beautifully and decreed his fourth in the rout.
Check out other English results this Saturday:
Leicester 0 x 0 Aston Villa
Norwich 0 x 3 Newcastle
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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