At 22:00 Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of the Premier League began, and Manchester City played away to Newcastle. The conversation between the old and new tycoons ended in a 4-0 victory for Manchester City, with Ruben Díaz, Cancello, Mahrez and Sterling each scoring a big score.
In the last round, Manchester City swept Leeds United 7-0, giving Bielsa the worst defeat of his coaching career. Facing Newcastle in this campaign, Manchester City was still ruthless, easily humiliating the opponent with 4 goals.
The 4-0 match also allowed City to achieve a four-game winning streak against Newcastle, scoring 15 goals and conceding only five. The last time City lost to Newcastle in the Premier League was in January 2019.
It is worth mentioning that Manchester City also gave Newcastle a disgrace to the new coach, according to OPTA statistics, Eddie Howe led the team against Manchester City a total of 11 times, the result was an embarrassing 11 consecutive defeats, creating a record for the longest losing streak against a single team. After scoring all three points on Newcastle, City continued to sit at the top of the table, making strides towards defending their titles and throwing pressure on Liverpool.
It must be pointed out that Manchester City played a total of 42 Premier League games in 2021, winning 34, drawing 2 and losing 6, officially surpassing Liverpool in 1982 and setting a record for natural annual wins in the English top league. In those 42 games, City scored 106 goals and conceded only 29, while keeping 23 clean sheets.
In addition, Manchester City have won 18 away games this year, also setting a record for the Top League in England, which means that Guardiola has created two miracles in one game.
Since arriving at Manchester City in the summer of 2016, Guardiola has set too many records, and may be one big ear cup away from reaching the top.
Last season, Manchester City fell to the final, and this season they beat Paris Saint-Germain to advance to the round of 16 as the first in the group, once again becoming the number one favorite.
According to Guardiola, he will leave Manchester City in the summer of 2023 and may coach the national team in the future. So in the next time, he will go all out to achieve a breakthrough of zero Champions League trophies for Manchester City.
Contest Review ——
Just five minutes into the opening, Canselo sent the ball to the goal in front of the goal, Ruben Díaz grabbed the opponent's head on the top of the mistake and broke the deadlock 1-0.
In the 27th minute, Mahrez crossed and Cancelo broke through and hit a right-footed long-range shot into the dead corner to establish a 2-0 advantage.
In the 64th minute, Zinchenko's cross from the wing was met by Mahrez's volley in front of goal, 3-0. Mahrez staged a good passing scene, and the number of goals scored this season increased to 11, making him the team's top scorer.
In the 89th minute, in front of Jesus' inverted triangle back pass, Sterling easily made up the knife, 4-0! Perhaps winning was too easy, and the City crowd didn't even celebrate much.