Before meeting PSG on Wednesday in the Champions League, Manchester City reassured themselves this Sunday by winning 6-0 on the pitch of promoted Ipswich in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola was able to rotate for half an hour.
The memory of Brentford is erased. Five days after being joined by the Bees when they were leading 2-0, the Cityzens this time retained their advantage this Sunday, on the Ipswich pitch, by achieving an offensive festival (6-0). A great way to prepare for the trip to the Parc des Princes to challenge PSG in the Champions League (Wednesday at 9 p.m.).
After the first 20 minutes of observation, the Mancunian machine finally got going and it didn’t do any favors. At the helm, the De Bruyne-Foden duo took care of almost everything. The Belgian offered two assists to his teammate, author of a double (27th, 42nd), while Kovacic reminded the opposing defense of his ability to be dangerous with a strike from the edge of the area (30th). Each time, the action came from the left side.
Haaland scores, City regains offensive efficiency
On the right track, the English champions moved up a gear after returning from the locker room. Starting on the left wing, Jérémy Doku added to the score with a blocked strike, before Erling Haaland took advantage of a huge gift from the defense to score his 17th goal of the season. With the score largely established, Pep Guardiola took the opportunity to put his executives in the fridge in anticipation of the Champions League (Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden).
-The substitutes also took part in the celebration, since young James McAtee perfectly improved an offering from Kovacic to score the sixth and final goal of the evening. Often accustomed to offensive festivals under Pep Guardiola, the Citizens have not scored six goals in the Premier League since November 4, 2023 (6-1 against Bournemouth).
In management in the last quarter of an hour, Manchester City reassures itself from an accounting point of view, by moving up to fourth place in the championship, but also in the minds, before the match of all dangers at the Parc des Princes. 22nd in the Champions League with only eight points, the English are only one point ahead of Paris, the first team not to qualify for the play-offs.
