Manchester City won 1-0 at home City of Leicester. Great goal on a free kick by Kevin de Bruyne hence the only difference.
The Leicester City vs Manchester City Premier League match continued at King Power Stadium on Saturday (29/10/2022) WIB night. The visitors immediately dominated the game from kick-off, but Leicester defended well and managed to keep the score 0-0 in the first half.
Man City started the second half aggressively and Kevin de Bruyne scored in the 49th minute. Leicester then managed to escape the pressure and threatened several times, but a poor finish saw the chances wasted.
This victory took Manchester City to the top of the Premier League standings with 29 points from 12 games, one point more than Arsenal who have only played 11 times. Leicester City are stuck in 17th place with 11 points.
The course of the game
Manchester City immediately tried to dominate the game after kick-off. At 10 ‘they build an attack on the left and Joao Cancelo sends a cross which Ilkay Guendogan hits with his head. But the ball bounced and was too weak.
Starting with a corner kick, Man City created another chance two minutes later. Jack Grealish passed short to Kevin de Bruyne, who then released a cross into the penalty area. Rodri directed him to the door and was overturned by Danny Ward.
Attack intensity increased from Man City. At 15 ‘Julian Alvarez passed the pass and received a long ball from De Bruyne, but his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper. Subsequently the linesman raised the offside flag.
At 17 ‘another threat to the hosts. This time it is Bernardo Silva who carries out the experiment and his shot is blocked by the goalkeeper.
Leicester counterattack in the 24th minute. Jamie Vardy took the lead, then directed the ball to Harvey Barnes on the left. Barnes stabbed in the middle, weighed the options, then fired and his shot was saved by Ederson.
Man City builds an attack from the right in the 28th minute from De Bruyne’s action. He swapped passes with Alvarez, then fired a powerful shot that aimed right at the keeper.
Leicester again stabbed the Man City defense in the back in the 36th minute with Barnes. He moved in the middle, but his shot went wide.
At 44 ‘Bernardo runs off to the right and directs a cross to the far post. Cancelo tried to face him and pass in the middle, but was interrupted by a Leicester defender.
Corners do nothing. The first half ended goalless.
Manchester City immediately kicked off in the second half. De Bruyne’s through ball is saved by Bernardo and passes in the center for Rodri. But Rodri’s kick just rolled to the side of the goal.
OBJECTIVE! Man City took the lead in the 49th minute on a free-kick after Grealish was fouled by Nampalys Mendy. De Bruyne took the chance and his shot went into the upper left corner, hit the inside post and into the net.
As soon as! Almost Leicester responded immediately in the 53rd minute. Maddison’s Korner is sent out in front of the box, where the ball is hit by a first volley from Youri Tielemans.
His shot went through, was parried by Ederson, and the ball then hit the crossbar to return to the playing area.
Man City pushed Leicester aggressively after taking the lead. As a result, hosts find it difficult to develop the game and efforts to build bouts are often cut short.
Leicester wasted a good chance in the 77th minute. After Wout Faes managed to cut Man City’s attack, the ball passed in the middle and Maddison passed the ball to Kelechi Iheanacho who was in free position. But Iheanacho’s finish just off to the left.
Leicester got a free kick on the right in the 83rd minute. Maddison sent a quick pass to the center of the Man City penalty area and was hit by Timothy Castagne, but his header went wide.
Another opportunity for the hosts at 86 ‘. Leicester struck quickly from the right, with Iheanacho crossing a cross for a Patson Daka on the loose. Daka’s header is right on Ederson.
The Leicester pressure came again two minutes later when they snatched the ball near the Man City penalty area. Iheanacho dribbles and tries to shoot, still too weak to threaten Ederson.
Almost Man City scored an own goal in injury time. Tielemans’ cross was headed by John Stones and headed for Ruben Dias, ending up close to goal. Until the long whistle blew, no more goals were created.
Align:
Leicester City: Danny Ward; Daniel Amartey, Caglar Soyuncu (Patson Daka 72 ‘), Wout Faes; Timothy Castagne, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Nampalys Mendy 46 ‘), Youri Tielemans, James Justin; James Maddison, Harvey Barnes; Jamie Vardy (Kelechi Iheanacho 71 ‘)
Manchester City: Ederson; Manuel Akanji (Ruben Dias 72 ‘), John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Joao Cancelo; Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo; Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish; Julian Alvarez (Phil Foden 78 ‘)
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