02/13/2021 11:00
Clarín.com
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Updated 02/13/2021 4:33 PM
Manchester City, led by Josep Guardiola, is experiencing a plethora of moments in the season, with the victory at the Etihad
adding 16 consecutive victories among all competitions
.
In the Premier he built a seven-point lead over Leicester (yesterday they beat Liverpool 3-1 at home), now his shooting guard.
In addition, City have a pending game against Everton that will play on Wednesday.
It was an unobjectionable three to zero.
From start to finish, the home team beat Tottenham in every aspect of the game
.
To such an extent that he undressed the Londoners as if they were not an elite team, feasible to play the Champions League.
In other words, Pep overwhelmed his old archrival, Mourinho.
This duel could have marked the return of Sergio Agüero, who had very little activity this season.
This time he remained seated on the bench.
Already recovered after having contracted coronavirus,
Kun held his second training session with his teammates on Friday.
Sergio Agüero missed 11 games as a result of the coronavirus.
(Photo: Clive Brunskill / Reuters)
The other side of this toned Manchester is Tottenham, which has
accumulated five defeats in its last six games
and is near the middle of the table, although four points away from access to the Champions League.
In addition, on Wednesday he was eliminated from the FA Cup with a 5-4 loss to Everton.
To make matters worse, in the last hours
José Mourinho had a public counterpoint with Gareth Bale
.
The Welshman did not play against Everton, claiming an injury, but on the same day of the match he made a post on his Instagram account in which he said “good session (training) today”, something that the DT considered “a contradiction”.
“The post carried the idea that the training session had been great and that he was available, which is totally wrong.
He was not ready for the game.
It's as simple as that ”, clarified Mourinho.
The Welshman went to the bench and finally played the last 19 minutes in replacement of
Erik Lamela, the only Argentine who participated in the match.
Within that disparate context, City began the game by showing that it does not want to stop its relentless march.
He took over the ball, handled it in his own way and dominated.
He also had the protection of chance, although of course, at random you have to help him
.
At 23 minutes, a controversial penalty (for an alleged foul on Gündogan) gave him the chance to put himself ahead.
And Rodri did not waste it
.
Although Hugo Lloris almost cuts him off.
GOAL OF THE CITY!
At 23 'PT, Rodri scored 1-0 against Tottenham on the #PREMIERxESPN live.
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- SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 13, 2021
The numerical details of the first half portray what the playing field showed
.
The possession of 64% to 36% in favor of the City counts the will of always Guardiola's team.
There was no exception to Mou's.
It was a game with few arrivals.
As for total shots, that is to say -somehow- approximations, the sky-blue team also led: 9 to 2. Another significant fact: the Londoners did not have a corner in favor.
Already in the second half, beyond Mourinho's desire to move some pieces in the name of being a little more offensive from having more of the ball (Moussa Sissoko entered for Lucas Moura),
his enthusiasm lasted a sigh
.
After four minutes, a Pep-style goal, as Pep likes:
tiki tiki
(or
tiki taka
as they call it in Spain) assistance from captain Raheem Sterling and appearance as a center-forward by Gündogan (an impeccable substitute for De Bruyne at this stage of the season) and goal.
Two to zero.
The goal has come to Gündogan's life to stay!
⚡
Manchester City's second against Tottenham!
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- DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) February 13, 2021
There was more from City and more from Gündogan.
The third goal, at 21, was not only the sentence of victory but also the certainty of the superiority of the Premier League leader.
It went from arc to arc.
Pep's team and the pass as a mandate is also capable of converting with an assist from the goalkeeper
, with a pass of about 70 meters to hand Gündogan, who defined as the owner of the area.
The win was not only the result.
Also that of the variants in the game and that of the soul strength.
There are no doubts: this Manchester is a team of convinced.
Ilkay Gündogan.
The goal and excellence of each week.
pic.twitter.com/tbYNL17JrW
- Vertical Football (@futbol_vertical) February 13, 2021
Tottenham was the last rival to defeat Manchester City:
they won 2-0 with goals from Son Heung-Min and Giovani Lo Celso (did not play today) on November 21 for the ninth date. Since then, the
Citizens have
chained 19 wins and three draws.
Southampton-Wolverhampton, West Bromwich Albion-Manchester United, Arsenal-Leeds and Everton-Fulham will meet on Sunday.
On Monday they will complete West Ham United-Sheffield United and Chelsea-Newcastle.
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