With his four-goal burst and 바카라Zen바카라 celebration, Kevin De Bruyne did his best impersonation of a future Manchester City teammate on Wednesday. (More Football News)
Erling Haaland is joining Manchester City next season as one of the most sought-after strikers in world football and even he would be hard-pressed to produce the kind of finishing demonstrated by De Bruyne in a 5-1 rout of Wolverhampton Wanderers to maintain City바카라s Premier League 2021-22 title charge on Wednesday.
After the Belgium midfielder completed his hat trick 바카라 his first for City 바카라 by the 24th minute, he celebrated with the 바카라Zen바카라 pose made famous by Haaland in recent years at Borussia Dortmund. De Bruyne said it wasn바카라t necessarily a nod to Haaland 바카라 바카라I just did it because I바카라d scored three,바카라 he said 바카라 but they already appear to be on the same wavelength.
That is for the future, though. The short term is all about retaining the title, and City restored its three-point lead over Liverpool with the win at Molineux. Pep Guardiola바카라s team needs four points from its final two games 바카라 against West Ham and Aston Villa 바카라 to guarantee first place but its superior goal difference of 7 might mean three points is now enough.
Manchester City might be running out of defenders, however, after Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho 바카라 a midfielder who filled in at center back 바카라 came off with what Guardiola described as 바카라problems.바카라
Center backs Ruben Dias and John Stones as well as right back Kyle Walker are already out for the rest of the season because of injury. 바카라In the second part of the league, he has been beyond perfect,바카라 Guardiola said. 바카라He was always a guy who is so generous and has the sense to make an assist, but I think this season he has the sense to be prolific and score goals.바카라
De Bruyne, who also struck a shot against the post late in the second half, said the title race with Liverpool is 바카라crazy.바카라 바카라The standard we both set, you can only respect it,바카라 De Bruyne said. 바카라Both teams have the ultimate respect. We play hard, it바카라s the only thing we can do.바카라
RELEGATION FIGHT
It was also a big night at the bottom of the standings, with 10-man Leeds losing 3-0 to Chelsea to remain in the relegation zone in third-to-last place and Everton drawing 0-0 at Watford to move two points clear of the drop zone.
Just like in its 2-1 loss at Arsenal on Sunday, Leeds was hampered by another first-half red card because of a reckless tackle 바카라 this time by winger Dan James. Already trailing from Mason Mount바카라s fourth-minute goal, Leeds was reduced to 10 men in the 24th when James made a wild lunge on the ankle of Mateo Kovacic.
Leeds바카라 American coach, Jesse Marsch, couldn바카라t hide his frustration on the sidelines and Chelsea made his team pay, with Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku adding second-half goals.
바카라We have to be aggressive against the ball,바카라 Marsch said. 바카라We have to try to win balls and sometimes now we바카라ve been a little too aggressive in certain situations and that has cost us.바카라
Leeds is behind Burnley on goal difference having played one game more, with its remaining two games against Brighton and Brentford. Kovacic is likely to miss the FA Cup final against Liverpool on Saturday, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said.
VARDY DOUBLE
Jamie Vardy scored twice to help Leicester beat last-place Norwich 3-0. Leicester snapped a seven-game winless run in all competitions and moved into 10th place. Norwich has already been relegated along with Watford.
