{"id":482960,"date":"2024-05-11T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482960"},"modified":"2024-05-11T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:11:23","slug":"man-city-makes-crucial-step-towards-the-title-with-dominant-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/man-city-makes-crucial-step-towards-the-title-with-dominant-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City makes crucial step towards the title with dominant win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josko Gvardiol&#8217;s brace helped Manchester City to get a crucial victory against Fulham, putting them two points clear at the top of the Premier League table, adding more pressure on Arsenal in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>Gvardiol broke the deadlock early on with a clinical finish after a well-crafted move that left Fulham&#8217;s defense no chance to react.<\/p>\n<p>After the break, Phil Foden extended City&#8217;s lead with a first-time strike past Bernd Leno, showcasing his stellar form this season.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, despite Erling Haaland squandering a golden opportunity to add a third goal, Gvardiol found the back of the net again, sealing the result for Manchester City with a composed finish at the far post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83e\ude75<\/p>\n<p>\u26aa\ufe0f 0-3 \ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ManCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbQZXfkrbG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RbQZXfkrbG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1789281497083429272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In stoppage time, Fulham&#8217;s Issa Diop was sent off after fouling Julain Alvarez in the box, leading to a penalty that the Argentine converted emphatically.<\/p>\n<p>With this crucial win, Manchester City have put the title race firmly in their control. Arsenal now face a daunting task against Manchester United, knowing that only a victory will keep their title hopes alive heading into the final day of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josko Gvardiol&#8217;s brace helped Manchester City to get a crucial victory against Fulham, putting them two points clear at the top of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482964,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16845,17183,17317],"news_category":[136,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[19081,18121,17886],"acf":{"announce":"The Citizens won 4-0 against Fulham in London","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482966,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482960\/revisions\/482966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482960"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482960"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}