{"id":296479,"date":"2023-12-12T15:12:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296479"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:12:04","slug":"luton-1-2-man-city-silva-and-grealish-turned-the-game-on-its-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/luton-1-2-man-city-silva-and-grealish-turned-the-game-on-its-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Luton 1-2 Man City:\u00a0Silva and Grealish turned the game on it&apos;s head"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Manchester City keep tabs with the title-chasing pack as Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish strike in second-half to seal 2-1 win&#8230; after Elijah Adebayo&#8217;s header had threatened to shock Pep Guardiola and Co\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester City beat Luton 2-1 on Sunday despite being given an almighty scare<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Luton shocked City by taking the lead through\u00a0Elijah Adebayo in the first half<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s a lot of anger at Man United &#8211; it&#8217;s them against the world! Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the 89th minute of this rumbustious afternoon at Kenilworth Road, Jack Grealish of Manchester City took the ball to the corner flag rather than attempt to build an attacking move. No sooner had he arrived there than the English international, treble winner and face of Gucci was dumped on his backside in front of the home fans. It was that kind of afternoon for City. It was that kind of game.<\/p>\n<p>But the champions of England won, just about. Pep Guardiola\u2019s gilded team came from a goal down to win and in doing so brought to an end a mini-slump that some said was threatening to derail their league season. That was never likely.<\/p>\n<p>Still City needed a little help from referee Tim Robinson to get over the line. Not favours, just good decisions, but they were important nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>The first was an advantage that allowed City to play on in the 62nd minute and for Bernardo Silva to equalise while the assistant referee was still flagging for a foul on Kyle Walker. The second, a few minutes later, waved away Luton appeals for handball against Julian Alvarez as City eased forwards to create the winner for Grealish. Another smart call among the chaos and heat of a Premier League Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth mentioning because Guardiola was critical of referee Simon Hooper after City drew at home with Tottenham a week ago while he here he gave assistant referee Marc Perry a right earful as the two men walked across the field towards the tunnel at half-time. Strange how the good decisions never get quite the same attention as the bad eh?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791785-12847409-image-a-25_1702224299872.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jack Grealish scored Manchester City&#8217;s winner against Luton Town on Sunday afternoon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791783-12847409-image-a-26_1702224302615.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He slotted the ball into the back of the net in the 65th minute of the game to see City win 2-1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791789-12847409-image-a-27_1702224305918.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The goal came just three minutes after Bernardo Silva equalised for Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>At the end referee Robinson was booed off by the home supporters but that\u2019s the way it goes. As it happens, he had a good game, as indeed did Luton. They gave City a heck of scare.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Edwards\u2019 team are devilishly hard to beat here and City \u2013 without the injured Erling Haaland \u2013 had to dig deep once home striker Elijah Adebayo had crashed in a far post header in first half added time.<\/p>\n<p>It felt like a slog for City at times but it may well turn out to be an important afternoon. They play Crystal Palace at home next Saturday but then skip a fixture to compete in the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. They do not want to be too far behind whoever leads the Premier League by the time they return.<\/p>\n<p>Here they could have made this easier. They could have been ahead in the second minute. Silva \u2013 City\u2019s best attacking player \u2013 played in Phil Foden down the left and his low cross shot was pushed out by Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski. Silva had followed the play in to the penalty area but his follow-up shot was not controlled.<\/p>\n<p>After what threatened to be a flying start, things grew significantly harder for City. Luton accepted their opponents would have the possession but were not prepared to sit back and let City push on to them. Instead Luton\u2019s forward players pressed City as they attempted to build, challenging them to play through.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes City would manage it and that was when they looked dangerous, numbers flooding on to Luton\u2019s back four. Equally, Luton managed to hustle City from their stride in equal measure. Jacob Brown, in particular, was a menace in this regard and gave the returning Rodri and Mateo Kovacic not a moment\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791797-12847409-image-a-29_1702224352570.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Luton Town shocked champions Manchester City by taking the lead in first half stoppage time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791799-12847409-It_was-a-31_1702224501703.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was\u00a0Elijah Adebayo who found the back of the net by beating Ederson with a powerful header<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791837-12847409-image-a-32_1702224577365.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, City turned things around in the second half with Silva equalising in the 62nd<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791841-12847409-image-a-33_1702224599976.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Silva and his team-mates celebrated the goal fiercely before Grealish added to the tally\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally there were glimpses of light for City. Kaminski touched over a 25-yard Rodri shot while Foden was denied to the goalkeeper\u2019s left in the 26th minute.<\/p>\n<p>In between that Grealish was close while Alvarez should probably have done better than flick a shot in to the side netting with his right foot after Grealish found him with a cute ball to the near post.<\/p>\n<h3>MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<p><span>LUTON TOWN (3-4-3)<\/span> Kaminski 7.5; Mengi 6, Lockyer 7 (Clark 89mins 6), Bell 7; Doughty 6.5, Nakamba 6.5 (Lokonga 71mins 6), Barkley 6, Giles 6 (Chong 83mins 6); Townsend 7 (Morris 72mins 6), Adebayo 7, Brown 7.<\/p>\n<p><span>GOALS<\/span>: Adebayo 45+2<\/p>\n<p><span>BOOKED<\/span>: Nakamba, Doughty<\/p>\n<p><span>ROB EDWARDS<\/span>: 6.5<\/p>\n<p><span>MANCHESTER CITY: <\/span>(4-2-3-1) Ederson 6; Walker 6, Ruben Dias 7, Ake 7, Gvardiol 7 (Stones 68mins 6); Rodri 7.5, Kovacic 6 (Nunes 82mins 6); Bernardo Silva 8, Foden 6.5, Grealish 6.5; Alvarez 6.<\/p>\n<p><span>GOALS<\/span>: Silva 62, Grealish 65<\/p>\n<p><span>BOOKED<\/span>: Rodri<\/p>\n<p><span>PEP <\/span><span>GUARDIOLA<\/span>: 6.5<\/p>\n<p><span>REFEREE<\/span>: Tim Robinson 7<\/p>\n<p><span>ATTENDANCE<\/span>: 11,047<\/p>\n<p>City were not dominant but comfortable. But then Luton scored. Two minutes in to added time, Andros Townsend finally got some change out of Josko Gvardiol down the right and when he chopped the ball back on to his left foot, his inswinging cross was headed in at the back post by Adebayo.<\/p>\n<p>As the home support lost their minds it was tempting to look for fault in the City defence. In truth there was little to be found. It was just a superb cross garnished by a magnificent centre forward\u2019s leap.<\/p>\n<p>For the third game running in the league, City had to come from behind and when this game turned it did do largely on the back of hard work and persistence. There was nothing flash about this comeback, nothing overwhelmingly inevitable. But it came all the same.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Dias advanced to smash a shot against the bar on the hour in the 60th minute and this prompted a spell of City possession that turned and ultimately settled the game.<\/p>\n<p>With referee Robinson that advantage, Rodri was allowed to advance in to the Luton penalty area and when his progress was halted by Tom Lockyear, Silva moved on to the ball and curled it beautifully towards the far corner and in with his left foot.<\/p>\n<p>Then, with the official ignoring calls for handball against Alvarez as he broke up play in the middle of the field, Foden briefly took the ball on, funnelled it back to Alvarez on the right and his low cross was side footed through Kaminski\u2019s legs and in at the far post by Grealish.<\/p>\n<p>This felt hard on Luton. Heroic defeats are becoming a speciality here. Their spirit never left them, though. And that\u2019s just as well as they will need it. City will also. Winning games in the Premier League doesn\u2019t get any easier, no matter who you are.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791861-12847409-image-a-34_1702224691267.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manager Pep Guardiola will be delighted having dropped points in their last four games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/16\/78791865-12847409-image-a-35_1702224737731.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Luton will be disappointed after letting City back into the game in the second half<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847409\/Luton-town-1-2-Man-City-League-2023-24-Result.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City keep tabs with the title-chasing pack as Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish strike in second-half to seal 2-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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