For the first time since the fourth of December and the match with Nottingham Forest, the players of Manchester City reached the victory in the Premier League and ended the year with a triumph.
Today, in the 19th round of the Premier League, the current champion of England defeated Leicester (2:0) away from home, ended a streak of four matches without a win in the Premier League and recorded only the second triumph in the last 10 games in this competition.
The first part of the "Citizens" season was forgettable, they are far from the leader Liverpool, from whom they have two matches more and 11 points less, and today, for the first time after four games in the Premier League, they did not concede a goal. And City celebrated today for the first time away from home in all competitions since October 20, i.e. after eight games.
After the opening minutes, during which Haaland on one side and Vardy on the other side missed a chance to score a goal, City took the lead - Foden shot from about 25 meters, and goalkeeper "fox" Stolarczyk deflected the ball only to Savinj, who scored first goal in the Premier League this season, in the 16th game.
By the end of the first half, both teams had one chance each - first, Haaland was inaccurate after a solo penetration, and then Buonanote hit the post on the other side.
The second half started with chances for El-Hanus and Justin, City's net was still, then Vardy missed the opportunity, and then Leicester were punished - Savinho crossed in the 74th minute, and Haaland scored the goal with a header. The Norwegian hit the back of the net for the first time in three games.
At the end of the match, Leicester could have alleviated the defeat, but Vardy hit the crossbar.
It's been a great year behind Nottingham Forest, who defeated Everton 2:0 today away from home and moved up to second place in the table.
The former European champion is playing great, and the victory at "Goodison" came with goals from Wood and Gibbs-White.
The crisis of Tottenham, which has not won for the third game in a row, continues. Spurs played a draw (2:2) with Wolverhampton in London today, so in the last seven games in the Premier League they have only one win.
Wolverhampton took the lead in the seventh minute with a goal by Hwang, and Tottenham reversed before going to the break, with Bentancourt and Johnson scoring. Between the two goals, Tottenham also had a penalty, but Son was inaccurate.
The visitors scored in the 87th minute through Larsen.
Crystal Palace defeated Southampton with goals from Chaloba and Eze after a turnaround - 2:1. The scorer for the visitors was Dibling.
Fulham and Bournemouth played to a draw - 2:2. The scorers for Fulham were Jimenez and Wilson, and for Bournemouth Evanilson and Outara.
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