Premier: Manchester City-Bournemouth 3-1, the farewell of Ethhad to De Bruyne

The perfect evening. A magical night to dedicate to Kevin De Bruyne, the legend at the last game of his career at Eithad from Manchester City player. The return to the field of the Golden Ball Rodri after 8 months of stop. The victory, 3-1 over the Bournemouth, who puts the City so in pole position for one of the three places in the Champions League still at stake behind Liverpool and Arsenal who on Sunday on the last day in the home of the Fulham will also be enough. Yes, Pep Guardiola could no longer ask this recovery of the 37th day.

the sprint

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The City forgets the disappointment for the Fa Cup final lost on Saturday in Wembley (the Crystal Palace, which that game won it, celebrated its first cup as always in front of its fans with a 4-2 at Wolverhampton) and reaches the last day third in the standings with 68 points, in the lead in the Champions League sprint that also involves Newcastle, Chelsea, all at 66 points) Nottingham Forest (65). With a Victory in the home of Fulham, the City would certainly be qualified, but even the same would be enough, given that the City has +26 in the difference in networks, a decisive criterion in case of arrival on equal points, and that with Forest-Chelsea on the calendar only a team could exceed it, unless the Aston Villa does not win its last game with 18 waste goals.

growth

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The 3-1 on Bournemouth is more than deserved. The City showed that personality that did not have on Saturday in Wembley with the Palace, found the goals he had not found in the last two games and has been able to react well also to the expulsion of Kovacic. They make 9 useful results in a row in the premier (6 wins), just 4 goals granted in the last 8 with the third consecutive Clean Sheet escaped only at 96 ‘and for a distraction of that defense that is no longer the weak link of the team, as had been for a large part of the season. Omar Marmoush has shown that he was amazing, not only for the sensational 1-0 worthy of the goal of the year, Erling Haaland of needing goals but to be in recovery, Bernardo Silva that he is still ready to help. Rodri reassurating the field will be very useful to Craven Cottage, given the absence for disqualification of Kovacic. There are scenarios in which the City is in the Champions League also losing: the goal with which to make this season less disastrous and start the relaunch for the next one is there one step away.

the game

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The pearl of marmoush from 30 meters to 15 ‘turns on the game. The Egyptian is unleashed and at 25 ‘a ball is needed to de Bruyne that the birthday boy traveled sensationally on the crossbar. The Bournemouth tags at least the account of the woods, hitting the pole with Evanilson in acrobatics in the 33 ‘, but at 38’ he collected the 2-0 by Bernardo Silva, who combines in the area with Gündogan. The recovery proceeds sleepy until 67 ‘, when Kovacic gets expelled to prevent Evanilson from throwing to Ederson taking advantage of a gvardiol error.

Guardiola grants the standing ovation to De Bruyne and inserts Gonzalez to rebalance the midfield, but shortly after the Bournemouth remains in 10 for the expulsion of Cook, author of a fallaccio in midfield right on the Spanish of the City entered recently. The Etihad explodes in 83 ‘when Rodri takes hold on the field after 8 months, then he exults for the 3-0 of Gonzalez at 89’. Bournemouth’s pride is Jebbison’s 3-1 in the 96th minute, but it is now late to ruin the perfect evening of the City. Which ends with the party for De Bruyne: he cries the audience, he cries, also cries Guardiola.