Julien Laurens is unsure about Man City's move for Ruben Dias as he was their third choice behind Koulibaly and Kounde. All rights reserved. It’s 15 years of having midfielders tell me, ‘Don’t shoot! Julien Laurens is unsure about Man City's move for Ruben Dias as he was their third choice behind Koulibaly and Kounde. Here’s more from Kompany, on why he was so emotional after the game: Every game is potentially the last one. In some instances, like in the image above, City drove this tactical approach to the limit. Brilliant! They will also take a place in the Europa League, unless Watford manage to win the FA Cup final. 65 mins: Walker approaches the Leicester area with the ball, before calmly sidefooting across it, in the direction of nobody, and out for a Leicester throw-in. Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Jamie Vardy scores three, Leicester stuns Manchester City at Etihad in wild fashion, Jamie Vardy celebrates his hat-trick with the match ball. (1:47). Buy your copy of the December issue for just ₤4.99 here. 69 mins: Chance! Brandan Rodgers still has some things to do in order to get his team onto the top level, even though they are playing a great season nonetheless. Sergio Agüero replaces Kevin De Bruyne because of an injury. You know what, it’s a funny story. Leicester’s defeat means that Wolverhampton Wanderers cannot now be caught by anyone on the final day, and will thus finish seventh in the Premier League. Min deposit £5 and 1x settled bet requirement to release Bet Credits. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Match ends, Manchester City 3, Leicester City 1. Sure they’ll take more goals if given but they don’t play with intensity. His is quite the story, but tonight was one hell of a plot twist. More Details. 59 mins: Since Sane’s arrival Sterling has been shifted from the left flank into the middle, to provide some closer support for Aguero. Amid a busy schedule of games owing to his team’s involvement in Europa League qualifying, Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho took off Son at halftime and later said the South Korea forward had a hamstring injury. Gab Marcotti believes Frank Lampard's Chelsea side are still lacking a team identity. Manchester City came from behind to end Leicester's nine-game unbeaten run in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday Night Football. Min odds, bet, and payment method exclusions apply. 90+4 mins: It’s over! Leicester City was in Manchester met … The image above is a perfect example of City’s positioning in this game. The crowd wails in anguish. Manchester United are refusing to give up in their pursuit of Jadon Sancho with just a week to go before the end of the transfer window. 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A header by Newcastle substitute Andy Carroll struck the outstretched arm of Eric Dier — who was looking the other way — inside the area and the referee awarded a penalty after viewing the incident on the pitchside monitor. And it was annoying me. Leicester 1-1 Manchester City (City win 3-1 on penalties) Kevin De Bruyne's strike was leveled by Marc Albrighton's effort, but Oleksandr Zinchenko had … The Indian Express is now on Telegram. La Liga 2019/20: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid – tactical analysis, Premier League 2019/20: Tottenham vs Everton – tactical analysis, 2. Pep Guardiola had the perfect gameplan for this clash and the players made his tactics work. Ederson could do little in the City goal as Vardy and Tielemans fired three penalties past him. FCUpdate.nl gebruikt cookies om het gebruik van onze website te analyseren, voor social media en om advertenties te tonen. 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Here’s Vincent Kompany: I didn’t score this season but for me, I always feel in big moments I’m going to do something. Watch Man City v Leicester on #MNF now: https://t.co/OvuxTZDbs9 pic.twitter.com/2KlaUVpSDt. Jamie Vardy scored a hat trick containing two penalties as Leicester came from behind to stun hosts Manchester City in a wild 5-2 win and collect a third straight victory to open the Premier League season on Sunday. He cut inside and curled the ball past Ederson with his right foot. FCUpdate.nl is een uitgave van SportUpdate B.V. - een onafhankelijk Nederlands bedrijf, gevestigd in Groningen. For Leicester, it was extremely difficult to defend against this fluid attacking pattern. Rodri appeared to have scored after 35 minutes when he got his head to a De Bruyne free kick but replays showed he was offside and the goal was disallowed. 90+1 mins: A mere three minutes of stoppage time are signalled. And I said, ‘Hold on a second, I’ve not come this far in my career for young players to tell me whether I can take a shot or not.’ And I just took it. But then he gets up again, before Vardy arrives. Unsurprisingly, the Foxes tried their luck with counterattacks. They would try to lead the build-up onto one wing and cut the ball-handler from the rest of the team. It came six days after City looked so assured in beating Wolverhampton 3-1 in its first match of the season, but Guardiola’s team was picked off repeatedly on Sunday. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. Most of the time, the resulting position took a similar shape like in the following image. They were actually quite dangerous and managed to get the lead with a great attack via Jamie Vardy. Newcastle applied more pressure in the second half without ever seriously troubling Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, until the penalty. Alle informatie over de wedstrijd Manchester City - Leicester City op 21-12-2019. 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Alles over de club Manchester City (Premier League) actuele selectie met marktwaarden Transfers Geruchten Speler statistieken Programma Nieuws In order to avoid that, Leicester had to stay passive, allowing City to dominate the midfield. FCUpdate.nl biedt haar nieuws aan in de Nederlandse taal.Deze site brengt je het laatste voetbalnieuws, foto's, video's en interviews uit de voetbalwereld.Dat alles 24 uur per dag, zeven dagen per week! With Mendy out wide, Raheem Sterling was able to occupy the centre, creating a diamond with Gündoğan, Walker and Silva. An example can be seen in the image below where Otamendi plays a long diagonal ball. This Saturday, a huge clash awaits in the Premier League, as second-placed Leicester City visit the Etihad to take on third-placed Manchester City.. Last year’s champions, Manchester City, have not hit the form, and more importantly the consistency, of the prior two seasons in the league. [I'm] over the moon to get the goals. Captain fantastic Vincent Kompany fires home from 30 yards and the Etihad erupts! 3 -1 Leicester City Net binnen. Looking at the emergence of the goal, we see that Walker was able to counter-press successfully after City had lost the ball. There were plenty of positives. Offensively, Manchester City played a flexible system which had a resemblance to a 2-3-5 formation. Next season should be a decent one for Leicester. Kompany is very teary on the post-match lap of honour. Lucas Moura had put Tottenham ahead in the 25th minute, tapping in at the back post after Harry Kane had driven the ball across the six-yard box. Mahrez had a lot of one on one positions where he could use his speed and dribbling skills against Ben Chilwell. Furthermore, the 1-1 equalizer was scored from such a one-on-one dribble on the wing. Frank Lampard has said goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga still has a future at Chelsea and rounded in on the Spain international's critics. Barcelona welcomed Atlético Madrid to the Camp Nou on Tuesday evening knowing that anything but three points would likely all […], The last Premier League game of week 33 was played on Monday night, between Tottenham and Everton at the Tottenham […], The 2. Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and the 2019-20 Golden Boot winner converted. Man City keep trying different answers to the Leicester question. For all the latest Sports News, download Indian Express App. Final score: Manchester City 1-0 Leicester City, GOAL! Guardiola’s plan in the build-up also involved an idea for the final third of the pitch. Mendy would then play back to Silva or Nicolás Otamendi, so that Manchester City could switch sides and attack through the other wing. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020. Only in the last 15 minutes of the first half and the first 15 minutes of the second half, Leicester were able to increase pressing intensity as well as possession figures. Information from Reuters contributed to this report. Statistieken en uitslag van de Premier League wedstrijd Manchester City - Leicester City: 3 - 1 (21 december 2019) With ten dribbles during the game, he was the leader in that category. 12/21/2019 ESPN Penalty Shootout However, Walker’s first touch was bad, so he lost the ball again. It was a frantic minute as Leicester immediately went on the attack. Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Leicester City 2020-21 English Premier League football match. City’s third goal as an example was scored thanks to a pass coming from the wing into the half-space to Kevin de Bruyne. Manchester City heeft voor het eerst sinds 7 december 2019 weer een thuiswedstrijd in de Premier League verloren. Lees de voorbeschouwing en bekijk alle statistieken! Min deposit £5 and 1x settled bet requirement to release Bet Credits. The 2019–20 season was Leicester City's 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. If you love tactical analysis, then you’ll love the digital magazines from totalfootballanalysis.com – a guaranteed 100+ pages of pure tactical analysis covering topics from the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and many, many more. Today was a little bit of frustration, because everyone was saying, ‘Don’t shoot, don’t shoot.’ I could really hear it. "It's always cat and mouse. 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Brandan Rodgers used his preferred 4-1-4-1 formation. Riyad Mahrez, a former Leicester player, gave City the lead in the fourth minute with an impressive strike and Nathan Ake pulled a goal back in the 84th for City, who lacked a presence up front with Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus missing. Choudhury had got the ball cleanly, though, and the referee is unmoved. A Jamie Vardy hat trick and goals from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans helped Leicester City beat Manchester City 5-2 on Sunday. The 33-year-old stepped up once again and while Ederson went the right way, there was no way he could stop Vardy's fast and low shot going into the bottom right corner. Five of Manchester City’s last 10 games have ended 1-0. Bye! Seven of those ten dribbles were successful, which underlines that this plan made sense. Bernardo Silva fell so much back that it almost seemed like City would use a back three in the build-up. The man of the moment talks. 75 mins: Leicester take Tielemans off, and bring on Barnes. Aston Villa moved into the Premier League top four after they strolled to a 3-0 win at Fulham.  |  Adverteren Tottenham fell foul of the Premier League’s newly adopted interpretation of defensive handballs, conceding a penalty deep into stoppage time to draw 1-1 at home to Newcastle on Sunday. This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. Like Robin Koch, Victor Lindelof, Matt Doherty, Neal Maupay and Joel Ward before him this season, Dier was adjudged to have made his body unnaturally bigger by having his arm out when it was hit by the ball. Man City beat Leicester 3-1 to cut the gap to second place to one point, but the result means Liverpool remain 10 points clear with a game in hand. The defeat snapped City's 11-match unbeaten home run in the league dating back to last season, while it was also their first defeat in an opening top-flight home game since a 2-1 loss to Southampton in 1989. Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti has captain Seamus Coleman is comparable to some of the game's greatest players the Italian has managed. Who will benefit most over the course of the Premier League season? If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. 58 mins: Gundogan’s 20-yarder skims just wide. First published on Mon 6 May 2019 13.31 EDT. Kompany’s previous goals from outside the box: 0 pic.twitter.com/fiDWZg0OfW. Vincent Kompany thunders one into the top corner from 25 yards! A tough one, but we take the positives to the next game. Algemene voorwaarden In one of the previous images, we could already see Riyad Mahrez being wide open on the right wing. Harvey Barnes ran the ball down the pitch and put a good ball into Vardy who went down in the box under pressure from Kyle Walker. In the following, we will analyse this. Our tactical analysis will explain, how City were able to overcome Leicester and beat them convincingly. | Privacy Manager Available for everyone, funded by readers. It was a concerning display by Pep Guardiola’s side, which was without a slew of other key players through injury and issues related to COVID-19, including Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan. Min odds, bet, and payment method exclusions apply. James Maddison added a fourth for Leicester at Etihad Stadium by curling a shot into the top corner from 25 meters (yards) as City backed off the substitute, and Youri Tielemans converted a third penalty for his team in the 87th — by which time Vardy had been substituted. 88 mins: In further substitutional news, Leicester have brought Gray on for Albrighton. The ball is poked into the area, goes through Evans’ legs and runs to Aguero, who pokes it towards goal only for Schmeichel to bat it away with a leg! “It has taken me 13 years to play that way. City went on to enjoy over 80% of the possession in the opening 25 minutes but failed to capitalise on that time with a goal. Wolves finish seventh in the Premier League! As he had to do more defensive work than an average winger, his average position is a bit deeper than one would think after seeing him in action offensively.