Manchester City moved on from the frustration of its Champions League exit with a 5-0 rout of Newcastle that despatched the defending Premier League champions three factors away from Liverpool on the high on Sunday.
Raheem Sterling struck twice whereas Aymeric Laporte, Rodri and Phil Foden had been additionally on track on the Etihad Stadium as City moved nearer to a sixth title in 10 years with three video games remaining.
The efficiency and outcome had been an emphatic response to the late semifinal collapse at Real Madrid on Wednesday that ended City’s bid for a primary European Cup. It additionally took benefit of second-place Liverpool drawing 1-1 towards Tottenham on Saturday.
City claimed the lead within the nineteenth minute after a advantageous piece of imaginative and prescient from Ilkay Gündoğan, who clipped a advantageous ball throughout the field to pick João Cancelo on the far put up. The defender headed again throughout aim and Sterling dived in to move house.
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The second aim got here following a nook within the thirty eighth. Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka failed to carry Gündoğan’s volley from the sting of the world. Although Dubravka reacted shortly to disclaim Ruben Dias on the rebound, he couldn’t forestall Laporte slotting in.
The third aim additionally got here from a nook within the 61st when Rodri discovered area on the close to put up to move house from Kevin De Bruyne’s supply.
That solely served to fireside up City extra and Foden made it 4-0 within the final minute earlier than Sterling accomplished the rout in damage time towards Thirteenth-place Newcastle.
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