Manchester City wrapped up the 2024 calendar year with a 2-0 victory against Leicester City in their Premier League encounter at the King Power Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Goals from Brazilian winger Savinho – his first for the club – and Erling Haaland helped manager Pep Guardiola to a much-needed win in what was his 500th game in charge of Manchester City.
It was far from a vintage City performance but it could mark the start of a turnaround for a team that is enduring the worst run of results in Guardiola’s nine years at the helm.
The victory was only the club’s second in 14 games in all competitions, and the team is 11 points behind Liverpool having played two games more.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest climbed provisionally to second place ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea thanks to a 2-0 win over Everton to continue their fantastic start to the season.
Chris Wood put the visitors in front and then set up Morgan Gibbs-White to double the lead in the 61st minute at Merseyside.
In North London, Tottenham Hotspur’s inconsistent campaign took another downward turn as they conceded a late equaliser to draw 2-2 at home against Wolves.
Substitute Dango Ouattara also netted a late equaliser for Bournemouth as they drew 2-2 at Fulham, while Crystal Palace came from a goal down to beat bottom-placed Southampton 2-1 thanks to Eberechi Eze’s winner.
Goals from Brazilian winger Savinho – his first for the club – and Erling Haaland helped manager Pep Guardiola to a much-needed win in what was his 500th game in charge of Manchester City.
It was far from a vintage City performance but it could mark the start of a turnaround for a team that is enduring the worst run of results in Guardiola’s nine years at the helm.
The victory was only the club’s second in 14 games in all competitions, and the team is 11 points behind Liverpool having played two games more.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest climbed provisionally to second place ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea thanks to a 2-0 win over Everton to continue their fantastic start to the season.
Chris Wood put the visitors in front and then set up Morgan Gibbs-White to double the lead in the 61st minute at Merseyside.
In North London, Tottenham Hotspur’s inconsistent campaign took another downward turn as they conceded a late equaliser to draw 2-2 at home against Wolves.
Substitute Dango Ouattara also netted a late equaliser for Bournemouth as they drew 2-2 at Fulham, while Crystal Palace came from a goal down to beat bottom-placed Southampton 2-1 thanks to Eberechi Eze’s winner.