Manchester City is in an excellent position to qualify for the Champions League after a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth On Tuesday, she has increased to third place in the Premier League.
Both teams were reduced to 10 men in the Etihad Stadium, where Kevin De Bruyne made his last home area for City and Rodri made his long -awaited return of an injury.
The blast of Omar Marmoush gave Pep Guardiola an early lead before De Bruyne wasted a golden chance and the bar hit out from five meters with the goal gaping.
Bernardo Silva doubled the advantage of the city before the break, although the second half of Mateo Kovacic threatened to derail the red card from the second half, who undoubtedly hurt their FA Cup final defeat against Crystal Palace last time-out.
Nevertheless, Lewis Cook's challenge on Nico Gonzalez saw the numerical benefit of Bournemouth canceled.
Nico then brought the score to 3-0, after Rodri's comeback from the bank, before Daniel Jebbison took a comfort for the cherries in the interruption time.
City now knows that a victory against Fulham would guarantee their place in the Champions League for next season on Sunday, although a draw should be sufficient, given that they have a much superior target difference compared to Aston Villa, those two points back in the sixth.
846 – Since OPTA has the statistics (2003-04), no player has imposed more opportunities for their teammates in the Premier League than Kevin De Bruyne. Maestro. #Mcibou pic.twitter.com/1myesfowvt
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Data Debrief: De Bruyne bends
Although De Bruyne's last city performance could come on Sunday, he got his chance to say goodbye, and although his striking chance will certainly chase him, he was mainly influential because the hosts started well.
De Bruyne created two chances and took his total total in the Premier League to 846. Since OPTA has registered this metric (2003-04), no player has made any more (CESC Fabregas also registered 846).
Marmoush stole the show with his opener, who ended the run of the city of 54 shots without a goal in all competitions, since the De Bruyne strike against Wolves earlier this month.
It was a good job for City, which was completed with 1.6 expected goals of 12 attempts, while Bournemouth – which hit the post in the first half – was limited to 1.06 xg.