Manchester City continued its strong uprising in the English Premier League (Premier League), and sent a valuable gift to its fans during the Christmas celebrations, after its landslide victory 6-3 against its guest, Leicester City, today, Sunday, in the 19th stage of the championship.
The rest of the matches that took place on Sunday resulted in Arsenal winning its host Norwich City by 5-0, Tottenham Hotspur beating its guest Crystal Palace 3-0, and Southampton beating its host West Ham 3-2.
Manchester City - who achieved his ninth consecutive victory in the tournament - rose to 47 points, to tighten his grip on the lead, 6 points ahead of his closest followers, Liverpool, whose meeting against his guest Leeds United, which was scheduled today at the same stage, was postponed due to Corona virus outbreak in Leeds.
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On the other hand, Leicester City, which suffered its seventh loss in the championship this season, with 6 wins and 4 draws, stopped at 22 points in ninth place, knowing that this is the second defeat for the "Foxes" team during its last three matches in the tournament.
The Citizens ended the first half with a clean four, scored by Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (minute 5), Algerian Riyad Mahrez (14 minute penalty kick), German Ilkay Gundogan (21 minute) and Rahim Sterling (25 minute penalty kick).
Leicester rose at the beginning of the second half, during which they reduced the difference, after James Madison scored the first goal (55th minute), to become the first goal to shake the City goal, after Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson kept a clean sheet during his past three matches in the competition.
Ademola Lookman (59th minute) and Nigerian Keltichi Ihyanacho (65th minute) added the second and third goals, respectively, but Manchester City stopped the awakening of his opponent in the match, after his Spanish player Aymeric Laporte added the fifth goal (69th minute).
Raheem Sterling ended the celebration of goals in the match, after he scored the sixth goal for Manchester City (87th minute).
Since losing 0-2 to its guest Crystal Palace on October 30, in the tenth stage of the Premier League, Manchester City has known nothing but the taste of victory in the tournament, as it has passed all its competitors in its last nine meetings, in which he scored 30 goals, while He conceded only 6 goals.