2023-05-15 14:48:46
The 3-0 win over Everton was our 11th successive Premier League win.
target Ilkay Gundoganand its industry for another purpose toErling HallandThey made the difference, leading Al-Samawi to lead the league table by four points.
That means we’ve only lost one of our last 20 games against Everton, and we’ve managed to win our last six at Goodison Park.
Everton 0-3 City | match report
Team excel Pep Guardiola Across most of the pitch, we had 63.2% possession and managed 610 passes, compared to Everton’s 324 passes.
We also had the upper hand with our shots on target, having 4 shots on target out of 9 attempts.
Everton had seven attempts on goal, and therefore the expected goals for them were more than City (1.78 vs. 0.76 for City).
In the next report we will take a deeper look at some of the match stats after the win…
Winning streak
We’ve managed to win our last 11 Premier League games, no manager has managed to win more than 10 consecutive times in the Premier League, but Pep Guardiola He achieved it with City 5 times.
The facts confirm that the last three consecutive winning matches were all for Guardiola with City, as 12 consecutive wins ended in January 2022, and 15 consecutive wins ended in March 2021, and this helped us achieve the title on both occasions.
After this number, we were able to be at the top of the Premier League standings table, and we need only three points in order to achieve the third title in a row.
When there is pressure, Guardiola and his players take the game to another level.
Ilkay Gundogan Day
Sunday was all about Ilkay Gundogan
Our captain made his 300th City appearance, scoring two goals and setting up another, earning unprecedented support for his contributions since arriving in Manchester in 2016.
Guardiola praised Gundogan after the match, saying: “Ilkay has shown again his quality, his importance and his contributions to us and the club.”
Pep added: “Not only scoring goals, but he had momentum against Leeds, and today also, he can do everything, and he does it well.”
The German star has been involved in 11 trophies since becoming the first signing of an era Pep Guardiola.
On Sunday, he was concentrating on being inside the penalty area and finding space left by defenders, who were distracted by Haaland.
Gundogan was in the right place in the first goal, and was able to make the second goal for Haaland.
His contributions couldn’t be more evident when we look at the assist difference between Sunday’s win and last week’s win against Leeds.
Gundogan managed to score twice in the two matches, as he managed to pass against Leeds 171 times, while against Everton he passed only 31 passes.
Which means when the team needs it, Ilkay will.
The king of making goals
managed Riyad Mahrez From providing his 10th assist in the Premier League, which is his best number in one season with Manchester City.
In addition to Kevin De Bruyne (16 assists), this is the first time since 2019/20 that two players have surpassed 10 or more assists in a Premier League season (De Bruyne and David Silva).
Haaland level away from us
It seems that Erling Halland He broke all City and Premier League records.
He only has two goals left on his outings against Brighton and Brentford for a new record.
Only Sergio Aguero (15 goals in 2016/17) has scored more away goals in a Premier League season at the club than Haaland (14).
Premier League stats to date
remain Erling Halland He is the top scorer in the league with 36 goals, nine goals ahead of his closest rival, Harry Kane.
Kevin De Brion was unable to create another goal on Sunday, but remains the leader with five assists behind Bukayo Saka.
With our 92 goals, we were the most powerful attack, nine goals ahead of Arsenal, and we managed to complete 23,138 passes, 3,000 better than closest competitors Liverpool.
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