De Bruyne brilliantly helped Man City defeat Leicester City

De Bruyne brilliantly helped Man City defeat Leicester City

In the early morning of December 22, Man City had a comeback at home to Etihad to defeat tough opponent Leicester City 3-1, thereby not giving up the ambition to compete for the title with Liverpool in the Premier League.

At the same time that Man City was in a great battle with Leicester, in defending Qatar, the defending champion Liverpool competed in the FIFA Club World Cup final and won Flamengo (Brazil) 1-0 thanks to a goal scored in Firmino’s extra time for the first time. Crowned in this tournament.

Meanwhile, at the Etihad Stadium, Man City also played for the first time in the absence of the prestigious coach Mikel Arteta when he moved to lead Arsenal, and although still dominant from the beginning, he had to receive cold water when Jamie Vardy opened the scoring for Leicester in the 22nd minute after an exemplary counterattack of Leicester.

Also with the counter-attack, Leicester continued to make it difficult for Man City after the lead, and if luckier Vardy himself then has more opportunities to increase the gap and take advantage of it is not clear what they will be like.

However, in a difficult situation, midfielder De Bruyne had a fiery night, dragging the entire Man City team forward and not losing his spirit after the goal. Thanks to that, after Riyad Mahrez equalized 1-1 for Man City in the 30th minute, it was time for Man City not to give Leicester more opportunities to cause difficulties.

At the end of the first half, Man City regained their advantage with a goal to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot by Ilkay Gundogan after defender Ricardo Pereira (Leicester) fouled Sterling (Man City) in the penalty area.

In the second half, De Bruyne was still the leader of Man City’s play that overwhelmed Leicester, before an assist for Gabriel Jesus to score a 3-1 victory in the 69th minute. This is also an assist De Bruyne’s 10th goal in the English Premier League this season.

After the match, Pep Guardiola, the manager of De Bruyne, praised De Bruyne, said that the Belgian star is a brilliant midfielder, and has played the best match in many good games for so long.

Guardiola also did not hesitate to say: “De Bruyne himself brought victory to Man City. He fought really, kept the fire and always motivated his team-mates to put strength on the opponent. It is this spirit that has helped De Bruyne always be a good player, and inspires us not to give up in the championship race this season”.

After the victory over Leicester, Man City shortened the points gap, losing only 1 point to this opponent, while still 11 points behind Liverpool’s top team but playing more than 1 match.

Coach Guardiola is ready to cede Arteta assistant to Arsenal

Coach Guardiola is ready to cede Arteta assistant to Arsenal

On the morning of December 16, after the match of Man City thrashing Arsenal 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium, coach Pep Guardiola spoke about the rumor of assistant Mikel Arteta being concerned by both the Gunners and Everton.

Currently, in the Premier League, both Arsenal and Everton clubs use interim coaches respectively Freddie Ljungberg and Duncan Ferguson, after dismissing two coach Unai Emery and Marco Silva.

Both Arsenal and Everton are also now struggling with poor performances, and are standing in the bottom half of the rankings.

Arsenal after the defeat of Man City is the fourth loss in the last 9 matches in the Premier League, the rest draw 4 and only won 1.

Therefore, the temporary coach Ljungberg is still hard to stay in the long term, amid the British press that in order to save the Gunners from the disaster season, the management of this team needs to quickly find a new coach that is more reputable and experience to replace.

One of these is Arteta, a former Arsenal player who knows the style and operation of the club so it is considered appropriate. However, Arteta is in Man City and is the right hand of Pep Guardiola.

Guardiola coach after the 3-0 win over Arsenal said: “If that happens (Arteta chooses to come to Arsenal), it will happen. He is very important to Man City and me. However, once Arteta made a decision (to leave), we would speak privately to resolve the issue. I am completely at ease, and definitely not in the way he steps into a new career”.

Prior to moving to Guardiola as an assistant in 2016, Arteta played for Everton from 2005 to 2011, then moved to Arsenal from 2011 to 2016. Therefore, in addition to Arsenal, Everton wants his ex-member to come back to help the club overcome difficulties. Even so, the final decision rests with Arteta.