Pep Guardiola warned during the week that the distance that separates the Manchester City of Liverpool in the Premier “means nothing & rdquor ;, but with performances as dominant as the one shown in Norwich City it’s hard to think that those of Klopp are capable of winning the pulse. The mancunianos shook off the ‘canaries’ with changes in the eleven, but with the usual roll. The imbalance brought Raheem Sterling, so irrepressible for the local defense that it ended with a hat trick. Foden completed the score.
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Norwich City
Gunn; Aarons (Byram, M.63), Hanley, Gibson, Williams; McLean, Gilmour, Lees-Melou (Normann, M.63); Sargent (Dowell, M.85), Pukki, Rashica.
Manchester City
Edison; Walker, Rúben Dias, Aké, Zinchenko; Fernandinho, Gündogan, Bernardo Silva (McAtee, M.75); Mahrez (Kayky, M.84), Foden (Delap, M.82), Sterling.
goals
0-1 M.31 Sterling; 0-2 M.48 Foden; 0-3 M.70 Sterling; 0-4 M.90 Sterling.
Referee
Andre Mariner. TA: Ruben Dias (M.17), Sterling (M.92).
Up to five changes Guardiola introduced in his eleven, giving rest to names like Cancelo, Rodri or De Bruyne with the duel Champions against Sporting de Portugal in sight, but appeared Bernard Silva to warn from the start. The inside sent a ball to the post before the fifth minute, a warning that did not stop Norwich from an optimistic start. The store Hanley responded with a header to the post Edersonbut the illusion of Norwich began to disappear when it emerged Sterling.
The ‘7’ of the City was a nightmare for aarons, who ended up being replaced after the constant abuse that was his duel. in a wriggle, Sterling he sat it down to open space to his right, and send a perfect thread to the goalkeeper’s long stick Angus Gunn. Manchester City accumulated two visits to Carrow Road winless, but Sterling’s flash made it clear the streak was about to come to an end.
After the goal, City’s superiority was undeniable. Norwich did not even worry, and ended up being sentenced at the restart. Foden, that had grazed the net in the first half, ended up finishing off a mess in the area. The 2-0 brought a carousel of Mancunian arrivals, another shot to the Aké post and the final sentence: Ruben Dias picked up a Foden center to leave it at the mercy of Sterling, who headed into an empty goal.
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Guardiola He had room to admit all the kids, and two of them had their moment. a service of McAtee finished with Delap shot down in the rival area: Hanley penalty that gifted the hat-trick to Sterling. Angus Gunn saved the penalty, but on the rebound he corroborated a treble that allows Manchester City to sleep peacefully, 12 points behind their biggest rival.