After displaying a dominant performance against West Bromwich, Manchester City has moved to the top of the EPL table. Ilkay Gundogan, Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling registered their name on the scoresheet.
Manchester City showed arguably the most creative 90 minutes of this season so far against West Brom. Pep Guardiola’s side was truly ruthless and irresistible on yesterday night. However, West Bromwich is still struggling in the relegation zone. The Hawthorns side has now lost their five top-flight games at home.
The Baggies started the first half with good energy and almost created chaos in City’s box with a long throw. However, City’s goalkeeper Ederson was calm enough to handle the situation. In 6th minute, City started their glorious football display when Gundogan finished into the bottom corner.
In 20th minute, the Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo delivered the second goal for Manchester side. From there, Pep Guardiola’s team took full control of the match. In 30th minute, Ilkay Gundogan scored his second goal and gave his side a lead of 3-0. As the first half came to its end, Riyad Mahrez delivered a top-corner finish and made the score 4-0.
In the second half, City continued their domination, and this time Raheem Sterling delivered the fifth goal. The match ended with a 5-0 scoreline, and the Manchester side finished at the top of EPL table.
Pep Guardiola and Sam Allardyce reaction
Pep Guardiola firstly congratulated his team for such a dominant performance. He added that except for the first two or three minutes, their overall game was good. He mentioned that it’s important for his players to move the ball at the right moment and today they did it brilliantly. City’s coach also mentioned the pair of Ruben Dias and John Stones as they’re looking quite focused as well.
Sam Allardyce expressed his shock and admitted that today’s performance was upsetting. He also added that he didn’t expect such kind of performance from his team. Sam Allardyce didn’t speak to media after a lengthy team meeting. However, he said that I could accept defeat but not in style like that.