“The rest played well today but Pep Guardiola should take a bold step and stop Using this particular player if He wants to go far in this league”, ipswich town manager Kieran McKenna warns Pep to stop using One Manchester City player who missed three clear chances today
As bad Premier League debuts go, Arijanet Muric’s car accident at the Etihad will be hard to beat for Ipswich.
At the best of times, going up against Pep Guardiola’s four-time winners is not easy. And when Erling Haaland, yesterday’s hat-trick star, smells goals, it is time to lock the doors.
Ipswich had a tough job to do on their first League trip to City in 24 years. Kosovan Muric had to be calm and focused as he made his debut after a £15 million move from Burnley. He had played for City for four years and played in the Carabao Cup under Guardiola.
Instead, the 25-year-old, who made news last season with a famous mistake as a Burnley goalkeeper against Brighton, messed up Kieran McKenna’s team with a last-minute plan that led to loss.
After both teams got off to a fast start, the score was 1-1 when Muric killed the good mood of the traveling fans behind his goal.
First, Savinho’s strong press killed him while he had the ball, which let Kevin De Bruyne send it into an open net from the edge of the box.
After a few seconds, Muric got a second rush of blood. This time, he ran pointlessly out of goal to try to block a beautiful pass from De Bruyne that found Haaland on the run.
Their first goal was easy for the Norwegian, who headed the ball past Muric and then hit a shot into an empty net for his second goal of the day. As long as Haaland is running the line, City does not need any help scoring goals. Muric, on the other hand, seemed set on helping anyway.
When Ipswich needed Muric to be strong, he lost his cool like a rabbit in headlights. City is a team that can scare opponents like no other.