City Terkejut oleh Gol Tunggal Diouf, Mantan Striker MU
Manchester City Shocked by Stunning Breakaway Goal.... Scored by United Reject
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester City dipecundangi Stoke City 0-1 di kandang lewat gol Mame Biram Diouf, di Etihad Stadium, Sabtu, (30/8).
Manuel Pellegrini menurunkan skuat terbaiknya dari awal seperti Sergio Aguero dan pencetak dua gol kala Manchester City menumbangkan Liverpool 3-1, Stevan Jovetic. Tetapi hingga pluit panjang dibunyikan, City tak bisa meraih poin.
Adalah penyerang Stoke City, Mame Bitam Diouf yang membuat City tak bisa menambah poin, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Diouf berlari seorang diri dari tengah lapangan seorang diri. Dengan kaki kanannya Diouf mencetak gol lewat bawah kaki Joe Hart menit 58.
Setelah itu, City tambah gencar melakukan serangan. Seperti ketika tendangan Yaya Toure yang menerima asis dari Samir Nasri, tetapi diblok.
Karena tak berujung gol, Pellegrini menggantikan Jovetic dengan Dzeko.
Peluang muncul ketika Dzeko mengirim umpan ke Aguero, tetapi tendangannya diblok.
Hingga pluit babak panjang dibunyikan City tetap tak bisa mencetak gol.
City menguasai jalannya pertandingan 73 persen sementara Stoke hanya 27 persen. Manchester biru melakukan enam belas kali tendangan ke gawang, sementara Stoke hanya tujuh kali.
Manchester - Stoke City condemned defending champions Manchester City to their first defeat of the Premier League season with a shock 1-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Senegalese striker Mame Biram Diouf scored a memorable solo goal in the 58th minute to give Stoke manager Mark Hughes victory over his former club.
It was only the second time City had failed to score at home in 71 league matches and only their second home defeat since May 2013.
City handed a first start of the season to striker Sergio Aguero, while French right-back Bacary Sagna made his debut following his close-season switch from Arsenal, and the hosts enjoyed the best of the first half.
Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic had to push away a powerful drive from Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure hit the crossbar, although Pellegrini´s side also lost Fernando to injury, with Fernandinho coming on in his place.
Stoke refused to buckle, however, and shortly before the hour they took the lead.
Former Manchester United striker Diouf picked the ball up in his own half, beat Aleksandar Kolarov and outmuscled Vincent Kompany before squeezing a shot between the legs of City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
