The halfway point of the season has barely passed, but Manchester City’s advantage is beginning to look insurmountable. On Wednesday he had no trouble dislodging a newly promoted, even though his performance was far from those shown recently against Watford or Newcastle United away from home. But it was enough. He started dominating. Accumulating possession of the ball. Abuse Selfish. Brentford did not smell it, although its goalkeeper, Álvaro Fernández, did not have any work during the first minutes. The locals then accumulated, before the first quarter of an hour, three clear chances. Ederson had to work to get two of them out. On the third opportunity, Joao Cancelo was the one who took the ball over the line after a corner kick. Before Londoners gained confidence, they were punished. Severely. A few seconds after the clearance of the Portuguese side of City, Kevin De Bruyne crossed to the area first, and Phil Foden finished off with the inside of the foot to open the scoring. Both the youth squad player and Jack Grealish returned to starting duty after serving the penalty imposed by Pep Guardiola. The two players came out to celebrate the victory against Leeds and the coach punished them and sat them on the bench for the next two games.
Brentford was knocked out by Phil Foden’s goal. It was difficult for him to return to a duel controlled from start to finish by the visitors. Aymeric Laporte scored in the final minutes heading a new Kevin De Bruyne cross into the box. As with the first goal, the VAR had to judge the goal. And unlike Foden, Laporte did start offside. It was not worth it. It was celebrated by the local parish, who saw the opportunity for theirs to scratch something with one last arreón. But there was not. Too late. He did well to stay at a safe distance on the scoreboard, but Brentford, who had up to eleven casualties, did not give him for more.
While their rivals puncture, Manchester City continues to accumulate victories. The one achieved in London on Wednesday night was the 36th in the league in 2021. The cityzens have 19 straight away wins. In the Premier League they have won their last ten games, and whenever they have succeeded they have ended up lifting the title. Premonitory? At the moment, Pep Guardiola’s team closes the year with eight points ahead of Chelsea, which is second, and nine points over Liverpool, which is third. Both teams will meet on the next matchday, the first in 2022, so this advantage could continue to grow in the new year.
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