There was the purely accounting objective: forgetting the defeat in the FA Cup final as quickly as possible and ensuring its place in the Champions League next season. And there was the other aspect of the evening, more emotional.
This Tuesday evening, Kevin de Bruyne said goodbye to Etihad Stadium by playing his last match in this stadium with Manchester City. The Belgian almost scored, but he found the cross bar while he was alone in the face of the empty goal (25th). And that did not prevent fans of the Skyblues to cheer him on the last time when it was released, in the 69th minute.
Manchester City did the work in this match by winning against Bournemouth (3-1). Omar Marmoush opened the scoring with a fantastic strike (14th), and Bernardo Silva has doubled the right way, also, on a service by Ilkay GĂĽndogan (38th).
De Bruyne is farewell, Rodri replayed
In a meeting marked by the red cards received by Mateo Kovacic (67th) and Lewis Cook (74th), we will also retain the return to competition from the Ballon d'Or, Rodri, seriously injured in a knee last September. It was Nico Gonzalez who sealed the victory of his team at the end of the game (89th), before the reduction of the gap signed Daniel Jebbison (90th+6).
In the ranking, Manchester City rose in third place, and takes a very big step towards the C1. With their favorable goal difference, Pep Guardiola's men will only need one point during the 38th day on Fulham's lawn to validate their qualification.
