At the same time that two more games took place in the last eight of the Champions League final, Manchester City have continued their gallop to the third English Championship in the last four years. Pep Guardiola’s machine recorded a 12th straight league win, 1: 3 at Everton in a rematch from the 16th round, and opened a 10-point gap at the top of the table.
Everton – Manchester City 3: 1
Four days after unconditionally subduing Jose Mourinho and Tottenham (0: 3), Guardiola overcame another of Everton’s most esteemed coaches, Everton’s Carlo Ancelotti. The next challenge: a fight against his former senior assistant and currently Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta, this coming Sunday.
Phil Foden was first on the board in the 32nd minute when a ball that kicked from the edge of the box hit one of the defenders on the way, misjudged Jordan Pickford and penetrated the net. The equalizer came just 5 minutes later thanks to a close-range push from Richardson. The second half was already under the exclusive control of the visitors: Riyad Mahraz made it 1: 2 in the 63rd minute with a wonderful kick to the crossbar and inside, and Bernardo Silva closed out an interest (77) after a fine collaboration with Gabriel Jesus.
Beyond being Manchester City’s 12th straight league win, it’s also been its 17th in a row in all competitions – a simply amazing statistic. Early next week, as mentioned, she will meet Arsenal and try to take another step towards the title. Three days later the Citizens will also enter the Champions League knockout round when they host Borussia Mönchengladbach for the first leg of the quarter-finals.
FULL-TIME | 🔟 consecutive top-flight wins since the start of 2021! 🤩
🍬 1-3 🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/Ov2ytbgPdS
– Manchester City (@ManCity) February 17, 2021
Another result in England: Burnley – Fulham 1: 1.