Sterling Shines As Man City Spank Aston Villa

By Daily Sports on October 27, 2019

Pep Guardiola was relieved Manchester City found their rhythm in time to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to three points as Raheem Sterling inspired a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.

Guardiola's side survived a tame opening period as second half goals from Sterling, David Silva and Ilkay Gundogan put Villa to the sword.

City's second successive league victory lifted them above Leicester into second place and put pressure on Liverpool to beat Tottenham in Sunday's clash at Anfield.

Fernandinho was dismissed after earning a second booking when the City star tugged at Keinan Davis in the 87th minute.

Guardiola conceded the champions had been below their best at the start, but he was delighted with the way they took control after the interval.

"Aston Villa played very well in the first half and we played not so good. They are newly-promoted and played with real spirit, attacking the channels well," Guardiola said.

"But the second half, I don't know if we played good because we scored early or it was because we played differently, but we won. It was a special second half, we were another level."

City were upset by Wolves in their last league fixture at the Etihad Stadium, but Guardiola had never lost back-to-back home league games as a manager and Sterling was key to ensuring that impressive record wasn't ruined.

Sterling's latest virtuoso display came just days after his second hat-trick of the campaign in City's Champions League demolition of Atalanta. (Reuters)

•PHOTO: Raheem Sterling

Source Daily Sports

Posted October 27, 2019


 

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