Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City: Erling Haaland breaks goal duck to give Pep Guardiola's men first win in five against stubborn Foxes side
Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City: Erling Haaland breaks goal duck to give Pep Guardiola's men first win in five against stubborn Foxes side
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Erling Haaland bagged his first goal in five games for Manchester City to secure a hard-fought victory over Leicester City and end the champions' year on a high. The visitors were looking to put their miserable fortunes of late behind them and bag just a second win in 10 Premier League games but looked jittery in the opening exchanges and susceptible to Leicester's pacey counter-attacks.
![[Savinho (centre) had scored the opening goal, his first in the league for the champions]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/16/93560373-14233819-image-a-2_1735488755853.jpg)
Jamie Vardy, ever the talisman for the Foxes, looked threatening and thought he had a penalty until the linesman raised his flag, before hitting the ball straight at a recovering Stefan Ortega having rounded the goalkeeper. Erling Haaland bagged his first goal in five games for Man City to secure a hard-fought victory.
![[The win eased the pressure on Pep Guardiola after winning just once in nine matches]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/16/93560381-14233819-image-a-4_1735488786936.jpg)
Savinho (centre) had scored the opening goal, his first in the league for the champions. The win eased the pressure on Pep Guardiola after winning just once in nine matches. Leicester City (4-4-2): Stolarczyk 5.5; Justin 6 (Choudhury 70' 6.5), Coady 6.5 (Okoli 85'), Vestergaard 6, Kristiansen 6; Winks 7 (Daka 85'), Soumaré 6; Buonanotte 7, El Khannouss 7.5, Mavididi 6.5 (Alves 90'); Vardy 5.
Subs not used: De Cordova-Reid, Iversen, Skipp, Thomas, Wilson-Brown. Booked: Soumaré, El Khannouss. Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy 6. Manchester City (4-1-4-1): Ortega 6; Lewis 6, Akanji 7, Aké 6(Walker 70'), Gvardiol 6; Kovacic 6.5; Foden 5.5 (McAtee 66'), De Bruyne 7, Bernardo Silva 6, Savinho 7; Haaland 7.
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