Manchester City consolidated their place in the Premier League Top 4 as they ran out 3-0 winners over Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium on Saturday.
The Premier League title may have slipped away from them long ago, but Manchester City are well on course to retaining their Champions League status for next season after comfortably beating Southampton 3-0 on Saturday.
A goalless half was followed by a superb performance in the second half by the visitors. Captain Vincent Kompany finally broke the deadlock in the 55th minute before Leroy Sane doubled City’s advantage 22 minutes later.
Sergio Aguero then put the game to bed with ten minutes left in regulation time to seal the three points for City, who leapfrogged Liverpool into 3rd place. Here are the best tweets emerging in the aftermath of the comfortable win for Manchester City.
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Scintillating from City who sweep aside the Saints on the south coast! ? #saintsvcity #mcfc pic.twitter.com/mq9DrV8iuV
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 15, 2017
A sizzling second-half display sends @ManCity back to third ?#SOUMCI pic.twitter.com/C4Y89iUmSS
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 15, 2017
Southampton 0-3 Man City FT
Shots: 8-18
Possession: 46%-54%
Chances created: 5-10
Pass accuracy: 80%-87Important 3 points for Pep’s side. pic.twitter.com/Kz4n3N2l9s
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 15, 2017
? Vincent Kompany celebrates after scoring his first #PL goal since August 2015 to hand @ManCity a second-half advantage #SOUMCI pic.twitter.com/gxDrVZF2b0
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 15, 2017
11 – Manchester City have won more away games this season than they have in any other top flight campaign. Legs. pic.twitter.com/j7ffvmjoj0
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 15, 2017
Manchester City fans were ecstatic following a superlative second-half performance by Pep Guardiola’s men:
3-0, Absolutely brilliant! Kompany getting that 1st goal. KDB was on fire today. Important win & kept a clean sheet. Well done @ManCity??⚽?
— emma♥⚽ (@_emmactidxo) April 15, 2017
Here’s to you, @VincentKompany
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HQ: https://t.co/AfgQ1EZtJC #MCFC pic.twitter.com/ZChh2ENhc2
— Shaun Campbell (@Shaun_C_sXeGFX) April 15, 2017
@ManCity Love this performance from earlier on today 🙂
— Nicholai (@DrakesNicholai) April 16, 2017
What a performance by boys #mcfc@ManCity pic.twitter.com/DHjg1kNtIn
— Lee T ⚽️??? (@mcfcman66) April 15, 2017
The way Pep has managed Kompany this season deserves credit. Vincent is a born fighter though & never gave up. He is our Leader, our chief. pic.twitter.com/IjguQt0JiJ
— City Chief ️ (@City_Chief) April 15, 2017
Genuine emotions shown by Vinnie in his goal celebration ??gr8 example to keep striving #mcfc
— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) April 15, 2017
Three points. Clean sheet. Complete performance.
— City Chief ️ (@City_Chief) April 15, 2017
@ManCity After watching that pic.twitter.com/KZ51AOUUDV
— adrianve9? (@AdrianVe9) April 15, 2017
@ManCity This is the kind of performance (2/3 possession away) that can give City the FA Cup – the last title still reachable!
— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (@schestowitz) April 15, 2017
@ManCity Rock Solid at the back. Otamendi’s been great. Vinnie MOTM. Skipper looks back at his best ?All of a sudden our defensive problems looks far
— Man City Till I Die (@OliCtid) April 15, 2017
Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero were the toast of the town as the duo led City to the easy win over Southampton:
Sergio Aguero is the only player to score in five consecutive Premier League games this season.
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— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 15, 2017
Most assists in Europe’s top 5 leagues since 2014/15:
Kevin De Bruyne (42)
Lionel Messi (42)
Luis Suarez (42)Crazy numbers. ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/gUBQxOhKPo
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 15, 2017
Sergio Aguero has now scored in each of Manchester City’s last five games (Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Hull, Southampton). Unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/DELBqMaZED
— City Watch (@City_Watch) April 15, 2017
@DeBruyneKev @VincentKompany Great performance from you Kev to compliment a fantastic team effort
— Carla Mayers (@Azul_76) April 15, 2017
? Aguero has now scored in his last 12 #PL apps in the month of April after extending @ManCity‘s lead. It’s 0-3 (88 mins) #SOUMCI pic.twitter.com/zVnEfvimEm
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 15, 2017
Sergio Aguero has now scored more goals for City (165) than Drogba (164) for Chelsea.
Aguero has played 134 games less.. pic.twitter.com/FNVnTi2NM5
— City Chief ️ (@City_Chief) April 15, 2017
Manchester City Top 3 goal-scorers’ goals to games ratio:
Brook: 0.39
Johnson: 0.50
Aguero: 0.67Aguero is on another level. ?⚽? pic.twitter.com/ZTw694pUIv
— City Chief ️ (@City_Chief) April 15, 2017
Kevin De Bruyne vs. Southampton
2 assists
4 key passes
12 crosses
5 tackles (3 more than any other City player)??? pic.twitter.com/Tix1udb7Q0
— City Watch (@City_Watch) April 15, 2017
@City_Watch 165 Goals for city & still never considered for #PFAawards even his golden boot season,the premier leagues best striker #mcfc
— Matt Barlow (@Mattcartoon) April 15, 2017
@aguerosergiokun 11 goals in your last 11 games. We couldn’t ask for more. Already achieved legendary status in City’s books. Keep it up @aguerosergiokun
— Kofi M Pilgrim (@MpKofi) April 15, 2017
Simply awesome @ManCity what a true pleasure to be CTID and what a joy to watch such brilliance, poetry in motion. Well played everyone ???
— Eddie Rowan (@eddierowan6) April 15, 2017
