Visiting the poor opponent Huddersfield, Man City had the task of winning as Liverpool temporarily increased the gap with them to 7 points. Coach Pep Guardiola continues to make some changes to the starting lineup, notably, striker Gabriel Jesus is on the sidelines to make way for Sergio Aguero. Kevin De Bruyne has also returned to midfield.
Against a team that is facing many difficulties and has just changed coaches, it is not difficult for Man City to dominate the game right after the opening whistle. The aggression of the spearheads on the defending champions' attack quickly disrupted the home team's defense.
Sterling fell in the Huddersfield penalty area in the 13th minute but the referee said no to the penalty. However, the reigning Premier League champions opened the scoring immediately afterwards.
In the 18th minute, Danilo decided to shoot from a distance of nearly 30m. The ball went straight and hit a Huddersfield player, changing direction and going into the net to the helplessness of the Huddersfield goalkeeper. This is also the 100th goal of The Citizens this season and they are also the first team in Europe's top five leagues to reach this milestone.
It was thought that they would "eat fresh and swallow" their opponents after the opening goal like in recent matches, but Man City proactively slowed down. Although still controlling the ball and dominating the game, the blue half of Manchester did not create any more notable plays and entered the break with a gap of only 1 goal.
Entering the second half, Man City immediately accelerated to score more goals and ensure 3 points. The defending champions quickly got what they needed when in just 2 minutes, they had goalkeeper Lossl pick the ball up in the net twice.
In the 54th minute, todayy Sane received the ball from De Bruyne and passed it accurately for Sterling to easily head the ball into the empty net. This was a goal that, according to the home team's defenders, Sane was offside when receiving the ball. 2 minutes later, the German star himself put his name on the scoreboard when he had a beautiful combination with Aguero and then escaped down to finish tightly, giving Lossl no chance.
In the end, Man City won 3-0 at Huddersfield, thereby continuing to chase Liverpool in the race for the Premier League title.
