On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, in the 37th round of the English Premier League, Fulham played Manchester City at home. In the end, Manchester City relied on Gvardiol's brace, as well as Foden and Alvarez's joint goals, to beat Fulham 4-0, winning seven consecutive league wins, and at the same time reaching 85 points, surpassing Arsenal to the top of the table.
As the league enters its final stage, Manchester City, as the defending champions, is the only opponent left for the title, and last season Manchester City relied on a wave of consecutive wins to overtake Arsenal to win the title, and this season hopes to complete the replica.
In this round, before Arsenal challenged Manchester United away, Manchester City played against Fulham, who ranked thirteenth with 12 wins, 8 draws, 16 losses and 44 points.
In the 13th minute, Gvardiol and De Bruyne collided with the wall, Gvardiol cut inside with the ball and inserted it into the penalty area, shook off the defender and calmly fired a low shot to help Manchester City lead 1-0.
De Bruyne, who provided the assist for Joshua Gvardiol, has now registered 111 assists in the Premier League, tying Cesc Fabregas and joint-second on the Premier League's all-time assists list, behind Ryan Giggs' 162 assists.
For Manchester City, it is a record-changer, having scored in 16 Premier League away games against Fulham, the most 100 per cent of away goals scored by one team against another in Premier League history.
In the 43rd minute, De Bruyne passed the ball to the back of the box and Akanji fired high unguarded, and City missed a good chance to extend the score.
Throughout the first half, Manchester City had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target, creating 2 great chances and seizing 1, Fulham failed to form a shot and were completely suppressed without chances.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Manchester City extended the score:
In the 59th minute, Seat B got rid of the defense and cut inside with the ball to the top of the penalty area and was knocked down, Foden scored the ball and fired a low shot, and the score became 2-0.
In the 72nd minute, Seat B sent a cross, and Gvardiol scored to help Manchester City seal the victory 3-0. In stoppage time, Alvarez scored from the penalty spot to seal the score 4-0 for Manchester City.
It was Gvardiol's fourth goal in the last five Premier League games as a defender, and he has netted five goals in his last seven games in all competitions.
The win brought City to 16 straight wins against Fulham, with the last defeat coming in 2005 when the Premier League lost 2-1 away.
In addition, Manchester City has 85 points, surpassing Arsenal by 2 points to reach the top of the table, and there are still 2 rounds left against Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
Due to Arsenal's away challenge to Manchester United in this round, if they do not win, they will not be able to return to the top of the table with a maximum of 84 points, allowing Manchester City to win the next round as soon as possible to lock up the title one round earlier, that is, four days later.