Eleventh competitive game win in a row: Gündoğan shoots Man City at the top of the table

Wednesday January 27, 2021

Eleventh competitive game win in a row
Gündoğan shoots Man City at the top of the table

Manchester City is at least temporarily snatching away city rivals United's place at the top of the English Premier League. Thanks to a double pack from İlkay Gündoğan, coach Josep Guardiola's team managed a runaway victory. Arsenal FC is also successful.

Thanks to a double from German national player İlkay Gündoğan, Manchester City have regained the lead in the English Premier League from city rivals Manchester United. Just two days after the hard-fought victory in the fourth round of the FA Cup at fourth division side Cheltenham Town, the team of team manager Josep Guardiola outclassed the penultimate West Bromwich Albion 5-0 (4-0). It was the eleventh competitive win in a row for the Skyblues, including the seventh consecutive league win.

The German international Gündoğan brought Man City on course early with the goals in the 6th and 30th minute. Joao Cancelo (22nd), Riyad Mahrez (45th) and Raheem Sterling (57th) finally made everything clear for the ex-champion, who without ex-Bundesliga professional Kevin de, who was missing for several weeks due to a serious muscle injury in his rear thigh Bruyne had to get along. In the table, Man City pushed past city rivals Manchester United with 41 points. Man United (40 points) can pass again in the game against Sheffield United (9.15 p.m. in the ntv.de live ticker).

Arsenal take revenge

National goalkeeper Bernd Leno and Arsenal FC also celebrated. The Gunners took direct revenge for the cup knockout at FC Southampton (0: 1) on Sunday and won 3: 1 (2: 1) against team manager Ralph Hasenhüttl's team. Nicolas Pepe (8th), Bukayo Saka (39th) and Alexandre Lacazette (72nd) scored for Arsenal, who scored their fifth win in their last six league games. Stuart Armstrong (3rd) had given Southampton the lead.

Before the game, Rio World Champion Shkodran Mustafi announced that he would "leave Arsenal by summer at the latest". Mustafi's father and advisor Kujtim confirmed this at transfermarkt.de. In the current season, the defender has only played three league games, in the most recent four games, including Southampton on Tuesday evening, Mustafi was no longer in the squad.