Manchester City Mute Southampton with an astonishing score, Southampton vs Manchester City: Score 1-4

Manchester City won a big win in Week 30 of the 2022/2023 EPL. Visiting Southampton headquarters, The Citizens were able to win with a landslide score of 4-1.

Manchester City took the lead in this match thanks to Erling Haaland's goal at the end of the first half. In the second half, City added to their tally through goals from Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez, while Southampton reduced the score thanks to a goal by Sekou Mara.

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Thanks to this result, Manchester City is firmly in second place in the EPL standings with 67 points, while Southampton is still stuck at the bottom of the standings with 23 points.

Status as a guest team, Manchester City immediately appeared pressing. Pep Guardiola's men immediately dominated possession from the start of the match.

The game had only been running for five minutes, City had already spread threats through Jack Grealish's shot, but Bazunu swiftly brushed off the shot.

Slowly but surely, the host side began to balance City's game. The Saints began to spread threats against the guest's goal.

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A few minutes before the end of the first round, City finally broke the deadlock. Their mainstay striker, Erling Haaland, successfully ripped through the Southampton goal with a header from Kevin de Bruyne's cross. Score 1-0 closed the course of the first half.

Entering the second half, the course of the match did not change much. City, who were 1-0 up in the first half, stepped on the gas again, where Ilkay Gundogan almost scored a goal through his curling shot which went wide of the Southampton goal.

In the 59th minute Southampton goal broke again. It started with Jack Grealish's shot which was saved by Bazunu, but unfortunately the ball bounced towards Grealish and the winger hit the ball into Southampton's goal without difficulty. The score changed to 2-0 in favor of the visitors.

City increasingly confident after scoring the goal. In the 68th minute, Jack Grealish made it into the penalty box and then gave an overturned pass to the unmarked Haaland, and the bomber made an overhead kick and entered the Southampton goal. The score changed to 3-0 in favor of City.

Despite trailing by three goals, Southampton did not just give up. In the 73rd minute, substitute Sekou Mara managed to find the net after a short cross from Moussa Djenepo managed to penetrate the City defense with his individual action. Score changed to 3-1.

City did not take long to reply to Southampton's goal. One minute later, City were awarded a penalty after Kevin De Bruyne was brought down by Walker-Peters in the forbidden box.

Substitute striker Julian Alvarez stepped up as the executioner and successfully scored City's fourth goal in this match. The position changed to 4-1 in favor of the visitors.

In the remainder of this second half, City still dominated the match. But until the referee blew the whistle signaling the end of the match, the score lasted 4-1 for City's victory.