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At 23:00 Beijing time on December 26, a match in the 19th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Manchester City faced Leicester City at home. Manchester City have won 14 wins, drawn 2 and lost 2 in the first 18 league rounds, occupying the top spot. City have been in very good shape since entering November, having won eight consecutive league games before that, and have not conceded a goal in the last three league rounds, and have done impeccable work on both ends of the attack and defense. This time, City are playing Leicester City. The two sides met in the 4th round, when Manchester City, who played away, had an absolute advantage, but only won 1-0. Back at home this time, City's minimum goal was to take all three points, and as a result, City won and played a surprisingly big score.
Guardiola lined up 433 offensive formations for this game. Edson served as the starting goalkeeper. Cancelo, Díaz, Laporte and Zinchenko partnered at 4 defenders. De Bruyne, Fernandinho and Gundogan form a three-midfielder. The attacking trident duo of Mahrez, Bernardo Silva and Sterling joined forces. Foden, Glallish and Jesus sat on the bench. Rodri and Walker continue to be absent.
It was a very strange game, and the process was very unexpected. Manchester City started the game very smoothly, with a fierce operation, only 25 minutes to take a 4-0 lead, which was simply hanging. Scoring goals were De Bruyne, Mahrez, Gundogan and Sterling. Among them, Mahrez and Sterling both scored on penalties. Following this plot, Leicester City could be in a rout. However, Leicester City was full of resilience and kicked a wave of attacks that terrified Guardiola in the second half.
Madison, Lukeman and Ichinacho scored three goals in 10 minutes. The score suddenly became 4-3! That gives Leicester City hope for a comeback. However, Laporte's crucial goal stabilized the situation, and Sterling scored another goal in the last minute to end the suspense. The final score was set at 6-3! City took all three points. Winning this game means that Manchester City have a crazy nine-game winning streak in the league, which is too anti-heavenly. Manchester City scored 17 goals in 3 games, which was incredible. Manchester City have scored 6+ goals at home in the Premier League in a row, the first time the team has seen this since 2013, and 8 years of miracles were born. Meanwhile, City continued to set a new record for a natural year in the English top flight with 35 wins. Guardiola is too strong!
City had 71% of the ball in this game, with 9 of 17 shots on target and 6 goals. However, City also gave their opponents a lot of opportunities, Leicester City 14 shots on goal, 8 shots on target, scored 3 goals. In the post-match whoscored rating, Sterling scored a game-high 9.2 points, scoring 2 goals and 4 successful passes. Mahrez, who scored 1 pass and 1 shot, scored 8.3 points. The best performer of Leicester City was Ichinacho, who scored three goals, including 1 goal and 2 assists, and scored 8.5 points.