Manchester Metropolis cruised previous Newcastle United and re-entered the highest 4 with a cushty 4-0 victory on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
A 14-minute hat-trick from new January signing Omar Marmoush and a late purpose from James McAtee topped off a unbelievable efficiency from the Blues after a troublesome week through defeat to Actual Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday night time.
The sport began slowly for Pep Guardiola’s aspect with nothing a lot of notice within the opening quarter-hour, however an extended ball from Ederson within the 18th minute discovered Omar Marmoush by on purpose to dink the ball over the onrushing Martin Dubravka for his first Metropolis purpose.
The floodgates had been opened on the Etihad Stadium as Marmoush netted his second shortly after the primary bounced into the empty purpose. Ilkay Gundogan performed an intricate ball by to the Egyptian whose low effort snuck into the underside nook to double his tally for the day.
The brand new quantity seven was actually making a reputation for himself within the sky blue shirt as he scored his first hat-trick in simply over half an hour. Savinho did all of the laborious work down the suitable aspect and located Marmoush in house to smash the ball in for his and Metropolis’s third within the first half.
It was the guests who had the primary probability of the second half forcing Ederson to make a save and punch away hazard. Not like the primary 45 minutes, the second half was not plagued by probabilities and the champions managed the sport to carry onto their three-goal benefit.
Second half substitute and academy graduate James McAtee netted Manchester Metropolis’s fourth purpose of the afternoon from shut vary after a entrance put up flick by Erling Haaland.
Regardless of the four-goal benefit, there was a glance of fear throughout the Etihad as Haaland got here off injured simply minutes earlier than the full-time whistle earlier than showing to maneuver freely across the pitch after the competition.
Hopefully the Norwegian worldwide recovers in time for Manchester Metropolis’s journey to the Santiago Bernabeu to try to overturn a 3-2 deficit towards Actual Madrid on Wednesday night time. However earlier than then, right here is how we rated the person performances this weekend!
Participant Scores
Beginning XI
Ederson – 8
Supplied an help and was dependable when referred to as upon in internet.
Rico Lewis – 7.5
Helpful within the transition and acquired again to defend when wanted.
Abdukodir Khusanov – 7.5
Regarded calm and assured on the ball. Seems to have settled now.
John Stones – 8.5
Lead the defence and was very good to cease the Newcastle assaults.
Josko Gvardiol – 7.5
Good on the ball on the left aspect. At all times regarded to go ahead.
Ilkay Gundogan – 8.5
Nice help for the second purpose and managed the sport.
Nico Gonzalez – 8
Labored actually laborious for the workforce and taken care of the ball.
Phil Foden – 8
At all times regarded to create within the half areas and make probabilities for the workforce.
Omar Marmoush – 9.5 (MOTM)
Scored his first hat-trick for the membership and was exceptional for the entire recreation.
Savinho – 8.5
Didn’t have an excessive amount of of the ball however was wonderful when in possession. Nice help for the third purpose.
Erling Haaland (C) – 8.5
Wonderful hold-up play and it was good to see him with the armband. Made life troublesome for the defenders and acquired himself an help.
Substitutes
Jeremy Doku – 7
Tried so as to add some tempo into what was a uninteresting second half.
James McAtee – 7.5
In the suitable place on the proper time for his purpose late within the recreation.
Matheus Nunes – N/A
Wasn’t on the pitch for lengthy sufficient to make an affect however did okay.
Nico O’Reilly – N/A
Retained possession properly in the previous couple of minutes.
Mateo Kovacic – N/A
Managed the ball to make for a simple final 5 minutes.