Man City hammer Ipswich to go fourth in the Premier League

Manchester City provided six deafening blows to Ipswich as they climbed into the top four with a dominant 6-0 victory at Portman Road.

City began proceedings down in eighth place in need of a three-goal margin to move up into the top four, luckily for Pep Guardiola, Phil Foden was on hand to provide the basis to ensure they were fourth by half-time.

Foden opened the scoring, just before the half-hour mark, firing home from close range. Just three minutes later (30) Foden was in and around the box again, setting up Mateo Kovacic to fire in City’s second.

A third goal on the brink of half-time all but ensured all three points but in a vintage greedy-like fashion. City were not done there.

After the break, Ipswich crumbled further when Jeremy Doku danced through the Tractor Boys’ defence to add a fourth. Erling Haaland who scored a hat-trick in the reverse fixture in September, was on the periphery of the goal mouth action after he missed an early chance to open the scoring. That didn’t last long though as he joined in, punishing a Jack Clarke mistake to guide home a fifth goal days after securing his long-term future at City.

James McAtee was introduced as it seemed City would begin to rest players for their Champions League trip to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. McAtee replaced Kevin De Bruyne but used the opportunity to get a goal of his own.

The final whistle couldn’t come soon enough for Kieran McKenna’s men who were chasing shadows for the last 10 minutes of the game. Defeat for Ipswich keeps them in the bottom three.

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City score six to go fourth