Sterling Hat-Trick As Man City Hit Five At Brighton

By Daily Sports on July 12, 2020

Raheem Sterling scored his third hat-trick of the season as Manchester City swept Brighton aside to ensure they will finish in second place in the Premier League.

City had lost their three previous away league games, including a defeat at Southampton last Sunday, but they never looked like suffering another slip-up on their return to the south coast.

Sterling, who now has 27 goals in all competitions for City this season, inflicted most of the damage on a Brighton side who never managed to make the game a contest.

The England forward put Pep Guardiola’s side ahead with a superb low finish from outside the area, collecting a Gabriel Jesus flick and cutting in from the left before firing into the opposite corner of the net.

More chances followed for City, and Jesus had a shot deflected against the bar before he got on the end of Rodri’s knockdown from a corner to make it 2-0.

The punishment did not end there for the Seagulls, as City continued to pour forward with Kevin de Bruyne pulling the strings, although a 19th league assist of the season eluded him

The Belgian fired a free-kick against the post after half-time and it was his driving forward run that led to Riyad Mahrez crossing for Sterling to head home City's third goal at the far post.

Moments later it was 4-0, when Mat Ryan spilled Bernardo Silva's shot and the Portuguese followed up to tap home.

Sterling, whose previous hat-tricks came against West Ham and Italian side Atalanta, had the final word in bizarre fashion when he chased a pass into the area and saw the ball bounce off the back of his head and cross the line as he was challenged by Ryan.

Brighton were completely outclassed and did not manage a single shot on target. (BBC)

•PHOTO: Raheem Sterling 

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 12, 2020


 

You may also like...
Iheanacho rejects Leicester’s £65k weekly offer

Champions League: Barca urged to drop ticket prices...

How Leicester beat champions Man City to pull...

Ndidi Ruled Out Of Nigeria Action With Groin...

Kane Scores Late Stunner as Tottenham Beat Juventus...

Henderson: Salah’s Liverpool Numbers Are Impressive

 

Latest News Celebrating Kanu Nwankwo: A True Nigerian Football Legend Okowa hails Amusan, Enekwechi after Glasgow medals Portable loses celebrity boxing rematch to Okocha after ring walkout Commonwealth Games: Australia widens lead as Nigeria stays fifth on medal table Commonwealth Games: Nigeria ranks ninth on all-time medals table Ex-Milan legend Baresi dies at 66 Morocco edge Algeria to book WAFCON quarter-final spot Asian football confederation joins UEFA, CONCACAF in opposing FIFA investment plan Okocha, Portable set for chaos in the ring clash today Malawi loss wake-up call – Madugu We’ll come back against Zambia – Okoronkwo Six Okpekpe athletes earn N8m windfall

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (63,995 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,346 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,246 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,846 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,727 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,599 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,491 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (52,002 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,220 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,687 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,171 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,555 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media