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 have 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 have 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 nice piece of imaginative and prescient from Ilkay Gündoğan, who clipped a nice ball throughout the field to pick João Cancelo on the far publish. The defender headed again throughout objective and Sterling dived in to go residence.
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The second objective 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 objective additionally got here from a nook within the 61st when Rodri discovered house on the close to publish to go residence from Kevin De Bruyne’s supply.
That solely served to fireplace up City extra and Foden made it 4-0 within the final minute earlier than Sterling accomplished the rout in harm time towards Thirteenth-place Newcastle.
