Pep Guardiola celebrated his 500th game in charge of Manchester City with a hard-fought 2-0 win against Leicester City.
Eredivisie 2024/2025
0-2
- Savinho (21')
- Haaland (74')
Match report
City climbed back into the top five, with victory coming just once in their last nine appearances in the top flight prior to this encounter, while the Foxes remain in the bottom three with a fourth defeat after the match.
Savinho's opener and first goal in the Premier League eased Man City's nerves early on, but it was far from convincing in the first half.
Jamie Vardy's penalty, which looked certain to be given, was waved away after he was brought down by Stefan Ortega for the offside flag, before James Justin's header hit the post just before half-time.
City weathered the storm after the restart as Leicester continued to push for an equalizer, with Vardy going close from close range before Erling Haaland scored his first goal in just under a month after rising highest to meet Savinho's cross on the counter . with 15 minutes to go.
A much-needed victory for Guardiola and his men. Though they still seemed like a shadow of the team we've become accustomed to over the past 500 games.
Competition events
0' The match is about to start!
2' match event for Leicester vs Man City
5' Kevin De Bruyne's long shot went over the bar
6' Highlight of Leicester vs Man City
7' Erling Haaland almost scores a goal!
11' Almost penalty! Ortega knocked down offside Vardy in the penalty area
17' Gvardiol almost assisted Vardy with an own goal
21' GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Man City (Savinho scored with a rebound)
27' Haaland's header into the penalty area was saved
30' De Bruyne fell in the penalty area, but the referee made no comment
36' Haaland's shot went just wide of the goal
38' That was close! Buonanotte's header hit the post
46' Kovacic's long shot went too high
51' Buonanotte fell in the penalty area, but the referee made no comment.
52' Kovacic was brought down by a dribble from Mavididi
62' That was close! Akanji made a goal-line clearance!
68' Vardy's shot went just over the crossbar
70' Walker came on and Aké was eliminated
74' GOAL! Leicester 0-2 Man City (Haaland heads)
85' Foden attempted a curling shot, but the ball went wide
85' McAtee's curled shot also went wide
90' Vardy headed a header, but the ball hit the crossbar
Setups
Leicester XI: Vestergaard, Vardy, Coady, Winks, Mavididi, Justin, Soumaré, Jakub Stolarczyk, Victor Kristiansen, Bilal El Khannouss, Facundo Buonanotte
Subs: Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Daniel Iversen, Patson Daka, Choudhury, Skipp, Luke Thomas, Okoli, Will Alves, T. Wilson-Brown
Man City XI: De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Ake, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis, Savinho
Subs: Carson, Walker, Gundogan, Grealish, Jérémy Doku, James McAtee, Divin Mubama, Nico O'Reilly, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
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