MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Manchester Metropolis crushed Leeds United 7-0 on the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday (Dec 14) to make it seven Premier League wins a row and transfer 4 factors clear on the high of the desk.
Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds have been merely brushed apart by a Metropolis facet who have been at their easiest after they took an eighth-minute lead via Phil Foden.
Foden slotted house, after Leeds keeper Illan Meslier had come out to cease an effort from Rodri, for the five hundredth Premier League purpose scored by the membership in 207 video games below Pep Guardiola – the quickest any staff has reached that landmark.
The Spaniard’s counterpart, Leeds’ Argentine supervisor Marcelo Bielsa, might do nothing to halt a rampant Metropolis and his staff’s wide-open method actually did little to assist.
5 minutes later the lead was doubled when Jack Grealish met an inswinging cross from Riyad Mahrez with a agency header which flashed previous Leeds keeper Illan Meslier.
Kevin De Bruyne made it 3-0, exhibiting tempo and a medical end, as he latched on to a advantageous via ball from the spectacular Rodri.
Shortly after the restart Mahrez added the fourth, given far an excessive amount of area on the nook of the field, to select his spot and place the ball, with the help of a heavy deflection, within the backside nook.
De Bruyne blasted in a spectacular, unstoppable drive from over 20 metres out, the Belgian, wanting again to his easiest, thundering the ball centrally.
John Stones slotted house the sixth after a advantageous double save from Meslier after which substitute Nathan Ake headed in a Foden nook to make it 7-0.
The loss was Sixteenth-placed Leeds’ joint largest defeat since becoming a member of the Soccer League in 1920.
They misplaced 8-1 to Stoke in 1934, 7-0 to West Ham in 1966 and 7-0 to Arsenal in 1979.
Metropolis have 41 factors with Liverpool and Chelsea, who each play on Thursday, on 37 and 36 factors respectively.
