Manchester City Gulung Southampton 3-0 di Laga Tandang
10-man City Light Up Title Race Earn All Three Points at St Mary`s
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Southampton, Inggris (B2B) - Southampton ditekuk Manchester City dengan skor 3-0 dalam laga lanjutan Liga Utama Inggris di Stadion Saint Mary, Southampton, Minggu.
Kemenangan tersebut diraih City hanya dengan 10 pemain, setelah bek tengah asal Eliaquim Mangala menerima kartu kuning kedua pada menit 74, setelah sebelumnya Yaya Toure membawa City unggul lebih dulu berkat golnya pada menit 51.
Setelah bermain dengan 10 orang pemain saja, Frank Lampard dan Gael Clichy justru mencetak gol yang memperbesar keunggulan City pada menit 80 dan 88.
Berkat kemenangan tersebut, City menggusur Southampton dari peringkat kedua klasemen sementara dengan mengoleksi 27 poin.
Hasil itu juga membuat catatan tak terkalahkan Southampton terhenti pada laga kesembilan, setelah di delapan laga sebelumnya mengemas enam kemenangan dan dua kali imbang, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Southampton, England - Second-half goals from Yaya Toure, Frank Lampard and Gael Clichy gave 10-man Manchester City a 3-0 victory against Southampton in the Premier League at St. Mary's on Sunday.
Despite the emphatic nature of the scoreline, City was made to work hard for victory without ever being truly threatened by Southampton, which started the game second in the table after securing eight wins from 12 matches to start the season.
But its encounter with the Premier League champion starts a challenging run of fixtures for Ronald Koeman's team.
City started the game with greater attacking intent, and should have had a penalty in controversial circumstances after nine minutes.
As Sergio Aguero weaved into the penalty area, Southampton captain Jose Fonte slid recklessly into the City attacker and sent him tumbling. However, referee Mike Jones booked Aguero for diving rather than pointing to the penalty spot.
