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At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on February 10, a match in the 24th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Manchester City faced Brentford at home. City's record in the league has been outstanding, having won 18 of their previous 23 league games and leading the table, leaving Liverpool and Chelsea behind. However, in the last round of the league, Manchester City only won one draw in the face of the advantage, giving up the key 2 points. This gave the team behind him the opportunity to close the score gap. If City want to win the title, they need to try to ensure that they don't lose points and can't take it lightly. This time Manchester City are facing Brentford, who is 14th in the league. The two sides met in the 20th round, when City only won 1-0. Again, back at home, City beat Brentford again to complete a double.
Guardiola lined up in a 433 formation for the match. Edson served as the starting goalkeeper. Canceló, Ruben Díaz, Stones and Laporte are paired at 4 backs. Bernardo Silva, Rodri Hernandez and De Bruyne make up the 3 midfielders. The offensive trident combination of Sterling, Mahrez and Foden joined forces. Glalis, Kyle Walker, Gundogan, Ak and Zinchenko sat on the bench.
Shortly after the game began, De Bruyne sent a precise cross and Foden's header was deflected off the top. But after this opportunity, Manchester City fell into a long period of silence, which is still relatively rare. After 30 minutes, City gradually found the feeling of shooting, and Sterling and Laporte won consecutive shots in a short period of time, but they did not take advantage of it. Sterling then broke through with the ball in the penalty area to create a penalty, allowing Mahrez to help Manchester City take the lead through the penalty. The goal gave Guardiola a temporary sigh of relief. City led by one goal at the end of the half.
City played better in the second half when Sterling's one-handed shot was saved, but de Bruyne scored in to extend the lead. Cancelo and Rodri also tried to shoot in succession, either deflected or saved. Brentford, on the other hand, had only one or two chances sporadically and failed to break through the gate guarded by Ederson. The final score was set at 2-0, and Manchester City beat Brentford.
After scoring these 3 points, Manchester City's total points reached 60 points, 12 points ahead of Liverpool behind them, and the championship is not in suspense. However, Liverpool are two games behind Manchester City. In his post-match whoscored rating, Cancelo scored a full-time 8.4 points, with four steals, three interceptions, four successful passes and six shots on goal. Guardiola praised Cancelo after the game, saying he was the best winger the team had. City's penalties were of low quality in previous seasons, but this season has finally solved these 1 big problems and Mahrez's penalty spot has been very stable.