Manchester City breeze past Huddersfield to keep pace in title race
All the reaction from the John Smith's Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City kept pace with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League as they breezed past Huddersfield Town on Sunday afternoon.
Goals from Danilo, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane proved far too much for the managerless Terriers, who remain 10 points from safety at the bottom of the league. City, meanwhile, move within four of the league leaders.
Here's how it played out:
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66 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
Same story for Huddersfield, MBenza breaks down the left wing and has people waiting in the box but before he can get the cross in Otamendi comes and wins the ball.
69 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
There's a lull in proceedings, as though both sides know the match is gone and don't want to over exert themselves. Sane goes off and Bernardo Silva comes on
75 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
Bernardo Silva tries to work the ball into the box from the right wing but instead passes it back to De Bruyne. De Bruyne gives it to Danilo, in a similar position to where he scored his first half goal, and he shoots sending it very high over the goal.
78 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
Finally a shot for Huddersfield. Mbenza sends Mounie down the left wing past Kyle Walker. He cuts inside and fires a right footed shot just past the far post.
81 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
Gundogan makes way for Delph.
Pritchard puts the ball into the box and Mounie wins the header but Ederson makes the save.
84 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
Bernardo Silva takes a shot but it's blocked, City aren't done yet.
90+3 mins: Huddersfield 0 - 3 Man City
The game ends with Mounie receiving the ball in the centre of the box, he turns and sends the shot wide. It was Huddersfield's best chance of the match and it goes wide. The final whistle goes and Man City claim an easy win.
What does that result do to the table then?
Man City remain in second place but they close the gap on Liverpool to just four points again.
Huddersfield remain in 20th, three points adrift of Fulham who have the chance to extend that as they take on Tottenham next.
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