Watford 1-3 Manchester City : Bernardo Silva double seals the deal for City

Watford vs Manchester City : Bernardo Silva sinks the Hornets with stunning brace at Vicarage road

By Zoheb Alam | Dec 5, 2021

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Manchester City maintained their impressive run in the Premier League on Saturday as they thumped Watford 3-1 at Vicarage road. Bernardo Silva was the star of the show against the Hornets as he scored a stunning brace to ensure that his team pick up all three points in this latest encounter away from home.

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Guardiola’s men were out to pick up a win and had looked dominant from the first whistle of the game. Raheem Sterling took just four minutes to breach the Watford defence after being provided with a neat cross in the box by Phil Foden, which was later slotted back home to make it 1-0 in favour of the visitors.

City were keen to add more goals to their tally as they made some good attacking runs in their final third. Just after the half-hour mark, Bernardo Silva added his first goal of the night as he struck a clean shot into the right corner of the net to give his side a two-goal lead.

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Bernardo Silva’s brace drowns the hosts

In the second half, the Sky Blues did not show any signs of slowdown as the attacking trio of Grealish, Sterling and Foden made several attempts to sneak in a third goal. City were rewarded with a goal in the 63rd minute with Silva being setup by a beautiful pass by Kyle Walker, which was struck firmly by the Portuguese midfielder into the left corner of the net.

For the hosts, their only consolation came in the final quarter of the match as striker Cucho Hernandez pulled one back for his team. However, the goal did not make much of a difference for the Hornets, with City grabbing all three points comfortably after the full-time whistle whistle.

Manchester City rocket to top spot after this win

Chelsea’s defeat to West Ham has now seen the defending champions advance to the first-place. After Watford win, Guardiola’s side are currently leading the table with 35 points with Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool occupying second place with 34 points.

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