Lampard Menangkan Manchester City 1-0 atas Leicester, Kompany Cedera
Lampard Strike Settles Premier League Match but Kompany Goes Off Injured
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Leicester, Inggris (B2B) - Frank Lampard menyelamatkan Manchester City dengan mencetak gol semata wayang ke gawang Leicester di King Power Stadium dalam lanjutan Liga Inggris.
Dengan kemenangan itu, City terus menguntit Chelsea yang berada di puncak klasemen dengan selisih tiga poin. Dalam 16 pertandingan City mengoleksi 36 poin, sementara Chelsea 39 poin.
Bermain di kandang, Leicester tampil beringas dengan terus menekan lewat Jamie Vardy menyulitkan pemain bertahan City. Sementara City dengan absennya Aguero dan Edin Dzeko tak banyak memberikan perlawanan di depan.
Peluang terbaik Leicester di babak pertama, yakni tendangan bebas Esteban Cambiasso yang mengarah ke arah gawang, tetapi bisa ditinju City, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Menjelang babak pertama usai, Frank Lampard membuat suporter Leicester terdiam. Berawal dari pergerakan Nasri di kiri dan menemukan Lampard, sebelum mantan pemain Chelsea itu melesakkan tendangan yang tak bisa dihentikan Hamer, menit 40. Leicester 0-1 City.
Itu merupakan gol ke-175 Lampard, dan kini dia berada di urutan keempat bersama Thierry Henry sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak.
Di babak kedua City cukup banyak menguasai bola dan bermain lambat. Sementara Leicester sering kali menekan, tetapi tak bisa menjebol gawan Hart.
Hingga lima menit tambahan waktu, Leicester tak bisa menyamakan kedudukan City.
Leicester - Frank Lampard delivered again for Manchester City as the champions overcame the absence of any senior strikers to beat Leicester 1-0.
The former England midfielder - whose loan from New York City expires at the end of the month - struck the only goal late in the first half of a dull Barclays Premier League encounter at the King Power Stadium.
It was the 36-year-old´s sixth goal of an increasingly important spell and his 175th in the Premier League, making him joint-fourth highest scorer in the competition´s history alongside Thierry Henry.
His vital goal for team far from their free-flowing best after Wednesday´s momentous Champions League win at Roma also covered for the team´s missing strikers. An injury to Edin Dzeko in the warm-up highlighted their lack of options up front at present, with top scorer Sergio Aguero and Stevan Jovetic also absent.
Further concern for City came as captain Vincent Kompany lasted just 77 minutes of his comeback from a hamstring injury before appearing to suffer a recurrence.
Teenage striker Jose Angel Pozo was drafted into the starting line-up at the last moment and Pablo Zabaleta, who was being rested and with the squad on a watching brief only, hastily named on the bench.
