MCKENNA ON THE BRINK: City’s Embarrassing Defeat Raises Questions About His Future
Manchester City, the current Premier League winners, defeated Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman
Road.
In the early going of the game, the Blues were competitive, generating opportunities and playing
strong defence. But as soon as the first goal was scored, they fell apart, and the Cityzens easily won
three points, their largest Premier League victory of the season.
Ipswich quickly found their footing following Thursday’s dismal loss to Brighton. Ben Godfrey
rushed down the right after a fast one-two, cutting the pass back to Sam Morsy, who floated a cross
into the box.
Mateus Nunes was unable to stop it from heading out for a corner despite his best efforts to head it back to goalie Ederson. However, Town failed to capitalise.
In the eighth minute, Jack Clarke broke forward and found Godfrey in space after Ben Johnson stopped Jeremy Doku and assisted Ipswich in launching a counterattack. He gave it to Delap, who managed to seat Ruben Dias down and aim, but Josko Gvardiol stopped his shot. Before City eliminated the threat, Godfrey’s attempt from the rebound met the same end.
As Man City learnt that underlapping runs were a simple way to score goals, Ipswich’s confidence
began to wane. Three minutes before halftime, Doku saw De Bruyne’s run and easily set him up for a tap-in from point-blank range, giving them a third goal…
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