Manchester City continued to pursue its hobby of achieving distinguished records and the team extended its impressive winning streak in 2021 with a precious 4-1 victory over Wolverhampton on Tuesday evening in the 29th round of the English Premier League.
Algerian Riyad Mahrez played a prominent role in winning the team known as "Citizens", as he scored a goal and scored two goals to lead the team to the precious victory, and was crowned the man of the match award.
Who else deserves it tonight!
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Today, Manchester City won its thirteenth consecutive victory in 13 matches in the English Premier League since the beginning of 2021, extending the record for the number of victories achieved by any team in the English Premier League during the beginning of the calendar year.
Manchester City strengthened its lead in the competition table, raising its score to 65 points, 15 points ahead of its neighbor and direct rival Manchester United, who is a guest at Crystal Palace tomorrow in another match in the same stage and can reduce the difference again before the upcoming confrontation between the two poles of Manchester next Sunday in the next stage of the competition .
City extended its record number of wins in various tournaments, raising its tally to 21 consecutive victories, which is also a record for Premier League teams.
Manchester City continued its wonderful career this season, and maintained its record free of defeats in the last 28 games, knowing that his victory today is his 25th in these matches against 3 draws.
The team equaled its record in the number of consecutive games in which it kept its record free of defeats, as the team maintained its record free of defeats in 28 consecutive games during the period from April 27 to December 3, 2017 under the leadership of its current Spanish coach Josep Guardiola too.
Manchester City has not lost a match since it fell to its host Tottenham 0-2 on November 21 last, so that the team maintained its record free of defeats in various tournaments over the course of 101 days, which will rise to 105 days before the upcoming derby confrontation with its neighbor, Manchester United, one day. Next Sunday in the next round of the Premier League.
At the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, City ended the first half in favor of a friendly shot, as Belgian Leander Dendoncker, Wolverhampton defender, accidentally scored in his team's goal in the 15th minute.
In the second half, despite the almost complete control of Manchester City since the start of the match, Wolverhampton scored the equalizer with a header from Connor Caddy in the 61st minute.
Desert Warrior Night!
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But City grabbed the lead with the goal scored by Brazilian Gabriel Jesus in the 80th minute, following another pass from Mahrez, who also made the first goal for the team.
Mahrez won the appropriate reward for his effort in the match, as he scored the teamâs third goal in the 90th minute, then Jesus concluded the matchâs goals with a second goal for him and a fourth for the team in the third minute of the matchâs stoppage time.