Newcomer shines in Man City's 4-0 win

In the early morning of August 17, Tijjani Reijnders scored and assisted to help Man City defeat host Wolves in round 1 of the Premier League.

Reijnders had an impressive debut in the Premier League.

At Molineux, Man City had many difficulties against Wolves' "concrete" defensive style. Pep Guardiola's team wasted many opportunities, even almost conceding the first goal. In the 26th and 30th minutes, Marshall Munetsi had 2 consecutive opportunities close to the goal. Luck was on the visitors' side when the referee raised the flag for offside.

In a deadlocked match, Reijnders, a new signing who had just arrived at Etihad from AC Milan, shone to help Man City turn the situation around. In the 34th minute, Reijnders impressively escaped the pressing in the middle of the field, before passing the ball high for Rico Lewis to enter the penalty area, before crossing for Erling Haaland to open the score.

The Norwegian striker has scored on his opening game for Man City in each of the last four seasons. According to Opta, only one player has done better than Haaland in Premier League history: Mohamed Salah (six seasons in a row).

Just 3 minutes later, Reijnders directly put his name on the scoreboard with a run to receive a pass from Oscar Bobb, before unleashing a dangerous cross-angle shot from the 16.5m line, forcing Jose Sa to pick the ball out of the net for the second time.

Reijnders' impressive performance did not stop there. In the 61st minute, he escaped down the right wing, before passing back for Haaland to run up and shoot with his left foot, increasing the gap to 3 goals.

In the final minutes, another rookie of the away team, Rayan Cherki, took advantage of the home team's defense's confusion to decisively kick the ball, setting the score at 4-0 for the away team.

The resounding victory helped Man City take the top spot from Sunderland with the same 3 points but a better goal difference (+4 compared to +3).

Source: https://znews.vn/tan-binh-ruc-sang-trong-tran-thang-4-0-cua-man-city-post1577541.html