Manchester City Gulung West Brom 3-0
Manchester City Moved to Within Three Points of Leaders Chelsea
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester, Inggris (B2B) - Manchester City sukses mengamankan tiga poin setelah menang 3-0 atas West Bromwich Albion pada laga pekan ke 30 Liga Utama Inggris di Stadion Etihad, Sabtu malam.
Pada menit ke-2, West Bromwich Albion harus bermain dengan 10 pemain setelah wasit Neil Swarbrick mengusir Gareth McAuley akibat melanggar Wilfried Bony.
Manchester City yang unggul jumlah pemain mencetak gol pembuka melalui tendangan kaki kanan Wilfried Bony setelah memanfaatkan umpan Fernando dari sepak pojok pada menit 27.
Manchester City mencetak gol kedua dari tendangan Fernando yang memanfaatkan kecerobohan pemain West Brom Jonas Olsson dan Myhill pada menit 40, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
2-0 untuk City bertahan hingga jeda babak pertama.
Pada menit 46 babak kedua, Wilfried Bony menebar ancaman melalui tendangan jarak jauh yang masih mampu dihalau Boaz Myhill, penjaga gawang West Brom.
Pada menit 51 Bony kembali membahayakan gawang West Brom lewat tendangan kaki kirinya dari sepak pojok David Silva, namun tidak berbuah gol.
Perubahan taktik Manuel Pellegrini terbukti ampuh karena Jovetic berhasil mengirimkan umpan yang diselesaikan David Silva menjadi gol pada menit 77.
Manchester City menciptakan peluang melalui tendangan kaki kiri Edin Dzeko pada menit 90 namun hingga laga berakhir skor 3-0 untuk The Citizen tidak berubah.
Manchester, England - Manchester City eased to a 3-0 home victory over 10-man West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday after the visitors had the wrong player sent off in the second minute by referee Neil Swarbrick.
Swarbrick mistakenly dismissed defender Gareth McAuley for bringing down Wilfried Bony as he ran through on goal, when it was teammate Craig Dawson who committed the foul.
The extra man allowed City to dominate proceedings but the host did not break through until the 27th, when Bony controlled a deflected effort from Vincent Kompany before beating Boaz Myhill.
Fernando doubled City's lead from close range in the 40th and David Silva turned in Stevan Jovetic's low strike on 77 as City moved three points behind Premier League leader Chelsea, which plays Hull on Sunday.
Manuel Pellegrini handed Bony his first start for City since his January transfer from Swansea and the striker immediately made an impression, intercepting a pass and running at goal before being bundled over by Dawson, the last remaining defender, outside the West Brom penalty area.
Swarbrick blew for a free kick before producing the red card but it was McAuley who left the pitch in a case of mistaken identity.
Swarbrick's error is the third major blunder by a referee in the Premier League within a year.
