Sam Allardyce’s reign at Leeds started with a 2-1 defeat by Manchester City who moved four points ahead of Arsenal thanks to Ilkay Gündogan’s first-half double
“You’re getting sacked in the morning” rang in Sam Allardyce’s ears from deliriousfans after Ilkay Gündogan’s second goal of a victory that moves Pep Guardiola’s champions three points closer to a hat-trick of titles.
A contest broadcast live and which broke the domestic 3pm kick-off blackout was, until the close, hardly a spectacle. Gündogan, ignored by Guardiola when substituted in added time , and Kevin De Bruyne ran a contest that featured seven City changes from Wednesday’s win against West Ham. Robles’s right knee saved Leeds when Haaland moved on to a Rico Lewis defence-splitter and let fly but he could do nothing about Gündogan’s opener. De Bruyne was the initiator, feeding Mahrez along a right channel. With a swish the Algerian left Junior Firpo trailing and rolled the ball to Gündogan, who coolly finished to Robles’s left.
The Norwegian was upset, yet City were soon delighted again as Gündogan scored a near carbon copy of the opener. Once again Mahrez, on the right, skipped inside, saw Gündogan lurking, and tapped the ball to him. This time the strike was across Robles, who could only watch.
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