Manchester Metropolis’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle United introduced up one other milestone for Pep Guardiola throughout his time on the Etihad Stadium.
The Metropolis boss has now hit the outstanding landmark of 500 Premier League targets on the Etihad Stadium throughout his nine-and-a-half years on the Membership.
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Nico O’Reilly hit the five hundredth objective of his reign and the 501st for good measure as we maintained our problem on the prime of the Premier League.
Right here we take a deeper have a look at how we reached the determine.
Largest share
It would most likely come as no shock to see that Erling Haaland has made the most important contribution to the tally with 61 targets, which incorporates seven hat-tricks.
He’s forward of Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling who each have 45 targets with the Argentinian rating 5 trebles beneath Guardiola.
Kevin De Bruyne (42) and Phil Foden (34) additionally make the highest 5 in a usually spectacular listing of Premier League greats.
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The highest 10 is accomplished by Gabriel Jesus (32), Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez (each 27), Bernardo Silva (22) and David Silva (15).
Days to recollect
It was again in September 2019 that we had our single greatest contribution to the grand complete with an 8-0 victory over Watford.
There have been two events when we now have scored seven – thrashing Leeds 7-0 in December 2021 and beating Stoke 7-2 in October 2017.
We’ve additionally secured 6-0 wins over Chelsea and Nottingham Forest in addition to 6-1 victories over Huddersfield, Southampton and Bournemouth together with a 6-3 win over Manchester United.
The 2017/18 marketing campaign was our best with 61 targets within the ‘Centurions’ season – only one forward of the 60 in our ‘Treble’ yr.
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Sinking Clarets
Regardless of being out and in of the Premier League throughout Guardiola’s reign, Metropolis have scored extra targets towards Burnley on the Etihad than another staff.
In complete, we’ve scored 30 targets towards the Clarets – yet one more than towards Crystal Palace and Bournemouth.
Coming from simply eight video games, that’s a median of almost 4 targets conceded per match towards Burnley.
The Lancashire staff can at the least be grateful that it’s simply Premier League targets and doesn’t embrace the three house FA Cup victories beneath Pep which completed 4-1, 5-0 and 6-0!
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In complete, 16 opposition gamers have contributed to the overall with personal targets.
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Sunderland’s Paddy McNair was the primary again in August 2016 when his 87th minute personal objective secured a 2-1 win in Guardiola’s first Premier League sport in cost on the Etihad.
Sadly it’s again to the luckless Burnley for the most important particular person scorer from an away facet.
Maxime Esteve is the one participant to attain two personal targets for us, each coming in Metropolis’s 5-1 win in September 2022.
Targets to recollect
Aguero was the primary on course for Guardiola on the Etihad, scoring a fourth minute penalty within the win over Sunderland nine-and-a-half years in the past.
Most likely the most important Premier League house objective of the previous 10 seasons was Gundogan’s 81st minute strike on the ultimate day of the 2021/22 season to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and safe the title.
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The 2023/24 season additionally went to the ultimate sport of the season with Foden scoring twice towards West Ham, together with a memorable opener, with Rodri wrapping up a 3-1 win.
We additionally clinched the title on the Etihad within the earlier season, albeit with two video games to spare, when Julian Alvarez scored in a 1-0 victory over Chelsea.
The quickest objective beneath Pep at house got here from Sterling after 38 seconds in a 3-1 over Watford in January 2018 whereas the most recent was John Stones’ equaliser towards Arsenal in September 2024 which was clocked at 97 minutes and 14 seconds.
Be at Metropolis v Nottingham Forest!
We welcome Forest to the Etihad Stadium at 19:30 (UK) on Wednesday 4 March.
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And you’ll be there to see it as Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis proceed to chase Premier League glory.
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