City take the lead but stumble and draw with Nottingham

This Saturday, the 18th, Nottingham Forest It is manchester city faced each other for Premier League in its 24th round. Although they dominated the match for the most part, Pep Guardiola’s squad relaxed at the end of the match and ended up giving up the 1-1 draw to the hosts, losing the opportunity to regain the leadership of the championship.

Before the ball rolls, Christian Atsu, a former English league player who died in the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey, received a moving tribute. The beginning of the match was marked by the delay in leaving the first goal. O City tried to put pressure on the opponents and even managed to get good goal chances. O nottinghamin turn, focused his strategy on giving up the ball and protecting himself by retreating.

With the strong and consistent presence of the visiting team, the “Sky Blues” were responsible for opening the scoring, at the end of the first half, in the 40th minute. Bernardo Silva was able to break through the opponent’s block, which received a surplus used by Grealish and rocked the nets with a left-handed bomb.

Despite the advantage on the scoreboard, City started to waste many chances, which cost the slide right at the end of the match, in the 40th minute of the second half. Minutes after entering the field, Chris Wood called responsibility and pushed the ball into the goal directly from the penalty area. With no major changes, the final score was 1-1.

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This Saturday, the 18th, the Arsenalgot the better of the aston villa in the Premier League, in a match valid for the 24th round of the competition. In this way, with the triumph by the score of 4 to 2, the Gunners managed to retake the provisional leadership of the table, which had been reached by Manchester City, in the last match between the teams.