Manchester City‘s Phil Foden scored twice and created one other objective in an excellent first-half show as they hammered Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Street on Sunday to roar again into the Premier League‘s prime 4.
The excellent win moved Metropolis to 38 factors and into fourth place on objective distinction forward of Newcastle United, however they’re nonetheless 12 factors behind leaders Liverpool, who’ve a sport in hand, and 6 behind Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.
Ipswich, who stay 18th on 16 factors, had a few good early probabilities however Metropolis shook off the shackles of current poor performances with an outstanding show of attacking soccer, and as soon as they acquired the primary objective, there was no approach again for his or her hosts.
It got here within the twenty seventh minute as Jérémy Doku mixed with Kevin De Bruyne, and he in flip labored the ball on for Foden to take a contact earlier than drilling it dwelling to interrupt the impasse.
That trio tormented the Ipswich defence as Mateo Kovacic doubled the lead three minutes later. Doku was once more concerned down the left, feeding the ball for Foden to arrange Kovacic, and the Croat wanted no second invitation to fireside into the web from the sting of the field.
Metropolis continued to assault down the left and their perseverance paid off within the forty second minute as Foden added his second, his shot squirming underneath the physique of Ipswich keeper Christian Walton and throughout the road.
There was no let-up after the break as Doku scored 4 minutes into the second half earlier than organising Erling Haaland, who signed a lucrative 10-year-contract in midweek, to make it 5-0.
Substitute James McAtee accomplished the rout within the 69th minute with a looping header, a lot to the delight of coach Pep Guardiola, whose facet look to be again to one thing resembling their finest kind.