[글로벌-스포츠 24] Man City wins 2-0 over Burnley… League’s ninth straight win,’Unstoppable High Kick’ League leader

Manchester City won 2-0 in the away game against Burnley in the 22nd round of the English Premier League (EPL) held on the 4th of Korea, and kept the league leader with 9 consecutive wins and 47 points.

Man City (44 points), who played close to Sheffield United, the bottom of the previous round, took the lead with eight consecutive league wins. In the next round, with three important matches against Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal, they aimed to win nine straight victories against Burnley (22 points) in this round.

Inan Man City replaced the previous five starters and replaced Jinchenko and Walker with Kanselu and Stones, and Laporte changed positions to left wingback. In addition, Rodri, Sterling, and Marez were used instead of Fernandinho, Forden, and Ferran Torres.

As soon as the game started, the away team, Man City, moved first. In the third minute of the first half, Sterling, who received a long pass from Laporte deep in the left side, dribbled. Then, when he stabbed an exquisite through pass to Bernardo Silva, who rushed to the left of the penalty box, goalkeeper Pope could not hit the left footed shot without hesitation, and the ball came to the doorstep, and Gabrieu Jejus calmly pushed it into the head.

Man City, who was ahead of Jesus’ league two consecutive goals in two consecutive games, moved the ball carefully and aimed for additional goals while avoiding a careless ball loss afterwards, and the situation continues to be unable to destroy the opponent who increased the number of players in the center, but the end of the first half. Moved the score back on.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Marez caught the ball in the deep right corner, attracting the attention of several defenders, connecting an elaborate pass to the gundog running to the right of the penalty box. I put it.

In the second half, Man City showed concentration, such as Gundoan firing a sharp medium-range shot, and Sterling, who came out in perfect timing behind the opponent in the fifth minute of the second half, had a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper, but goalkeeper Pope saved it with a super save.

In the offensive that continued, Man City pushed the ball removed by Jejus from the right side of the penalty box in the 13th minute of the second half, and Marez in the center pushed the ball with one touch, but became offside as a result of video reading (VAR). Man City, who allowed the first shot to Vidra in the second half of the 19th minute, immediately subtracted Kanselu and put Jinchenko in, making a minor change with the Stones entering the right sideback and Jinchenko’s left sideback position.

As a result, Man City, who has won 9 consecutive league wins and 13 consecutive wins in the official game, has gained momentum before the next round of Liverpool.

Kyungsoo Kim, Editor-in-Chief of Global Economics [email protected]