At 22:00 Beijing time on April 23, a match in the 34th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Manchester City faced Watford at home. City have a good season, reaching the semi-finals in the Champions League and topping the league table, making them favourites for both major competitions. As the league comes to an end, City have a strong rival, Liverpool, which means that Once City loses points, it is likely to give up the top position. So every next game is very important for Manchester City. Manchester City are facing Watford, who are no. 2 from the bottom. City won away in the first leg of the match. Now that City are back at home, their lowest goal is to beat their opponents again, and as a result, City have won a big victory, killing Watford twice.
Guardiola lined up in a 4231 formation for this game. Edson served as the starting goalkeeper. Cancelo, Ruben Díaz, Laporte and Zinchenko are paired at 4-back. Rodri Hernandez and Fernandinho form a double back. The attacking combination of Jesus, De Bruyne, Sterling and Glaris came together.
City started off extremely well, with Jesus helping City score in the 3rd minute. The game fully entered City's rhythm of possession. City methodically instigated the attack, while Watford could only occasionally create threats by counter-attacking. After a number of unsuccessful shots, City scored again in the 22nd minute, still scoring by Jesus. Kamala seized a few opportunities to pull back a goal for Watford. However, Watford's defence was so poor that it was penetrated again and again by Manchester City. Rodri slammed into the world and extended City's lead to two goals. Sterling had the chance to extend the score, but missed out again and again. At half-time, City led 3-1. City had 71% possession in the first half, with 11 shots on target, 5 on target and 3 goals. Watford had just two shots on goal in the first half, but also scored one goal.
The second half was still a performance moment for Jesus, who scored a penalty and then pushed a shot against de Bruyne after hitting the wall. Jesus was in a terrible state. After playing 52 minutes, he staged the senior season, which was perfect. There is no suspense in the game to this extent. However, Watford did not give up, still wanted to score goals, and did get the opportunity, especially Dennis, there was a one-handed opportunity, but he did not seize it. The final score was set at 5-1, and Manchester City beat Watford to consolidate the top position. In this game, Manchester City's No. 9 star Jesus performed so perfectly, he scored 4 goals, delivered 1 assist, and made 5 goals alone. Sterling's performance was so bad that he repeatedly wasted good opportunities and played happy football again, making Guardiola on the sidelines cover his face in pain.