MANCHESTER.- Without the injured Erling Haaland and down 1-0 against him Luton at half time, the Manchester City was in danger of falling into crisis as it approached the middle of the season. Champions League for the defending champion.
But City found a way to turn things around with goals from Bernard Silva y Jack Grealish in a span of three minutes to win 2-1 on Sunday and end the streak of four games without a win, to close the gap with the Liverpoolwhich is the leader, four points away.
If it had not been for the comeback after half-time, City Pep Guardiola could have fallen to the worst streak in the Spaniard’s coaching career with five games without a win.
City experienced terrifying moments:
This was the grim scenario that befell Guardiola and City after the striker Elijah Adebayo scored with a header in added time of the first half for the Luton went up in Kenilworth Road.
Haaland was out due to a foot injury and City was without its top scorer.
But Rodri He returned from suspension and when the Spanish midfielder was stopped approaching the area, Silva recovered the loose ball and shot at the goal in the 62nd.
Grealish converted three minutes later after a pass from the Argentine Julian Alvarez.
City remains fourth in the table.
Everton surge:
He Everton is moving away from the relegation zone, more than a month after it fell near the bottom of the table after being docked 10 points for financial mismanagement.
With the 2-0 victory against Chelsea They achieved their third victory in a row and were four points above the Luton, which is the last team in the relegation zone.
Abdoulaye Doucoure scored for the third time in five games at 54 minutes and Lewis Dobbin added the second in added time.
After spending nearly $1 billion on players in the last three transfer windows, the Chelsea They are unable to get close to the top of the standings and have lost three of four duels.
Source: AP
