Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 win over Club Brugge within the Champions League on matchday 4 with out ever continuously getting out of 2d tools.
An early strike from Phil Foden become speedy cancelled out by a John Stones own goal, but in addition City goals from Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus make sure maximum points for Pep Guardiola’s team.
As become to be anticipated, City ruled the ball. Their lead changed into deserved while it got here, with Joao Cancelo having already hit the put up. Foden was a live cord in the penalty region and completed from Cancelo’s move following an intense second of City stress.
But City didn’t stay in advance for extremely lengthy. Stones became none the wiser when the ball cannoned off him into the net to place Brugge degree, despite the fact that he and his colleagues inside the again four were all a bit too passive within the build up, permitting the scenario to unfold in the first location.
Passive is an apt way to explain plenty of the overall performance for an hour. By 1/2-time, handiest one in every of 9 photographs from City were on target. The crowd in the Etihad Stadium became flat and no amount of pretty touches and brief passes were able to breathe any existence into the game.
That started out to improve a touch as the second half of advanced, with City retaking the lead while Mahrez on the again publish met any other Cancelo pass. Not a whole lot earlier, Brugge had seen a very good danger in their personal cross begging while Charles De Ketelaere went through and missed, highlighting the crucial importance of the second purpose for City when it got here.
The sport changed into over as a competition whilst Sterling made it three-1 quickly after coming off the bench, an easy tap-in inside the six backyard field that have been crafted by way of Foden’s vision and Ilkay Gundogan’s run.
Home-grown teen Cole Palmer ought to have made it 4 for City within the final degrees, seeing his low strike nicely driven away through the familiar Simon Mignolet in Brugge’s purpose. Jesus turned into additionally denied a overdue possibility to extend the lead, but did take any other in stoppage time to complete the rout.
Ederson (GK) - 6/10 - Didn't have loads to do however distribution became brilliant. Kyle Walker (RB) - five/10 - Lacked depth while Brugge equalised. John Stones (CB) - five/10 - Unfortunate inside the way of his personal aim but need to have defended the situation in trendy a good deal better. Aymeric Laporte (CB) - five/10 - Another who changed into too passive at the lower back. Joao Cancelo (LB) - 8/10 - Undroppable at the moment. Started by means of hitting the put up himself and assisted three of City's 4 dreams.
Rodri (DM) - 6/10 - Easy night in ownership as Brugge were organized to let City have the ball and play at the counter attack. Bernardo Silva (CM) - 7/10 - Looked eager to try to make some thing occur and have become sharper as the game improved. Ilkay Gundogan (CM) - 7/10 - Intelligent, nicely-timed runs forward in the second half of made City's attacking chance much sharper than it were.
