Wednesday 03 February, 2021
The ‘citizens’ dominated from start to finish and beat Burnley at Turf Moor 2-0 without major problems, a victory that allows them to deploy from Manchester United and remain as the lonely leader of the English league, even having one game less.
Stay firm at the top. Manchester City beat Burnley 2-0 as an outsider and established itself as the leader of the Premier League, in a match corresponding to matchday 22, where those led by Josep Guardiola added their ninth consecutive victory in the English championship.
At the dawn of the meeting, the ‘citizens’ quickly went ahead with a goal from Gabriel Jesús (3 ′), which he scored for the second consecutive date, this time he dived into the area with an accurate header to the net. Before going to rest, the visiting team increased through Raheem Sterling (38 ′) who only had to push it.
For the complement, the ‘citizen’ set managed the result and did not pass any greater danger, despite a little daring from the local team, which came to nothing.
This triumph left the ‘Pep’ team as the exclusive leader of the Premier League with 47 points, three ahead of Manchester United, even having a pending match.
To remain at the top of the league, City will play a crucial duel against Liverpool, which will try to close differences to dream of being two-time champions. This commitment will be played at Anfield on 02/07 at 1:30 p.m.
For his part, Burnley remains in sixteenth position with 22 points and will try to climb the table when they host Brighton on 02/06 at 12:00.
