City Gulung Swansea 2-1 Berkat Gol Penentu Yaya Toure
Yaya Back to His Best to Seal Comeback for Manchester Beat Swansea 2-1
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester City merebut tiga angka ketika mengalahkan Swansea City 2-1 berkat gol penentu dari Yaya Toure di menit 62 dalam lanjutan Liga Inggris di Etihad Stadium, Sabtu.
Dengan duduk di posisi tiga dan mengantongi 21 poin, City harus melayani tim tamu Swansea City yang kini berada di peringkat lima dengan 18 poin.
Sergio Aguero mengoleksi sembilan gol dalam enam penampilan di liga dan mencetak dua gol ketika melakukan debut dari bangku cadangan melawan Swansea pada 2011.
Namun, suporter tuan rumah dikejutkan dengan gol cepat tim tamu. Berawal dari Dyer yang menusuk kedalam, kemudian Wilfried Bony berlari dan menerima umpan Dyer. Bony mengontrol bola dengan dada sebelum mengalahkan Hart, menit sembilan, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Manchester City hanya butuh sepuluh menit untuk menyamakan skor. Berawal dari Toure yang mengirim umpan ke Navas lalu memberi umpan silang kepada Jovetic di depan gawang. Pemain Montenegro itu tak menyiakan kesempatan dan melepaskan bola melewati Fabianski.
Menit 39 Aguero hampir menggandakan keunggulan City, tetapi tendangannya menghantam mistar gawang.
Setelah jeda, Montero bekerja sama menembus pertahanan City dengan mengirim umpan ke Bony, tetapi tendangannya bisa dihentikan Hart.
City berupaya memenangkan laga ini agar poin dengan Chelsea tak tertinggal jauh.
Akhirnya gol kedua City lahir dari kaki Toure yang menyambar umpan Fernandinho, menit 62.
Menit 72 Sigurdsson melepaskan tendangan bebas dari posisi berbahaya, tetapi tak bisa melewati tembok penghalang pemain City.
Menit 82 giliran City yang membahayakan gawang Fabianski. Berawal dari kerja sama Aguero dan Navas untuk menciptakan peluang, tetapi bisa dihentikan Fabianski.
Manchester - Yaya Toure was the match-winner as Manchester City emerged from their recent slump with a 2-1 comeback victory over Swansea City. The Premier League champions came into Saturday's match with just one win from their last six matches in all competitions.
Wilfried Bony made the most of frailties among Manuel Pellegrini's team by handing Swansea an early lead at the Etihad Stadium, but recalled forward Stevan Jovetic restored parity after 19 minutes.
Below-par performances from midfield talisman Toure have often defined City's malaise this term, but the Ivory Coast international showcased his trademark combination of power and poise to net decisively 17 minutes into the second half.
Swansea boss Gary Monk used his substitutions shrewdly to craft a dramatic finish, with replacements Bafetimbi Gomis and Jonjo Shelvey agonisingly close to securing a late share of the spoils.
But Pellegrini's men remain eight points behind leaders Chelsea, but close to within a point of Southampton before Ronald Koeman's second-placed team travel to Aston Villa on Monday.
Captain Vincent Kompany returned from a calf problem for the home team but a similar complaint for Edin Dzeko contributed to Jovetic starting in attack.
Shelvey had to settle for a place on the Swansea bench following a one-match suspension, while Nathan Dyer returned to the starting XI and the winger played a key role in the opening goal after eight minutes.
The champions' defensive vulnerability was on full display when Bony charged onto a return chipped pass from Dyer to coolly slot past Joe Hart.
There was little conviction in City's response until Toure released Jesus Navas and the Spain winger fizzed in an excellent low right-wing cross to leave Jovetic with a simple finish.
