Haaland returned after the injury and was immediately played from the beginning. The support for him is the trio of Foden, De Bruyne and Mcatee. It was not surprising that Man City won the game completely. They attacked hard from the moment the referee started the match until he blew the battle. However, no goals were scored.
In this match, Man City controlled the ball up to 72%, launched 26 shots (5 hit) and had 15 corner penalties but did not once pierced the net of Southampton.
There have been moments that seemed to have come but then were wasted by Man City strikers or goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale excelled.
The hero of Southampton is the former Arsenal goalkeeper. He had 4 phases to save ten fifty before the finishes of the visitors. There are also 3 ball punches and 2 saving situations outside the penalty area.
In the last minutes, although coach Pep Guardiola launched all the best cards that he had in his hand from Jeremy Doku, Savinho to Omar Marmoush but did not change the situation.
In the end, Man City was drawn by Southampton without a goal and at risk of losing the third position in the hands of the following teams that are 2 points behind Newcastle and Chelsea.
Southampton vs Man City squad
Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Bree, Downes, Ugochukwu (Aribo 46′), Welington (Manning 88′), Fernandes (Smallbone 90′), Dibling (Archer 66′), Sulemana (Stewart 88′)
Man City: Ederson, Lewis (O’Reilly 76′), Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Bernardo Silva, Kovacic (Marmoush 85′), De Bruyne, McAtee (Doku 46′), Foden (Savinho 76′), Haaland
