Phil Foden scored twice and Erling Haaland celebrated his bumper new contract with one other aim as Manchester Metropolis crushed sorry Ipswich this afternoon.
Metropolis regarded again to their imperious greatest at Portman Street though Ipswich put up little resistance in a one-sided encounter.
Foden, who additionally grabbed a brace within the 2-2 draw at Brentford in midweek, opened the scoring and Mateo Kovacic doubled Metropolis’s benefit on the half-hour mark.
Foden made it 3-0 earlier than half-time and objectives from the spectacular Jeremy Doku, Haaland, who signed a nine-and-a-half-year contract on Friday, and James McAtee accomplished the rout.
Manchester Metropolis have FIVE!
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It was a sobering afternoon for Ipswich, who stay within the relegation zone after struggling their twelfth defeat in 22 video games since promotion. The scale of Metropolis’s win noticed them bounce above Newcastle and into fourth.
Metropolis on the cost
Metropolis’s woeful type earlier than Christmas now appears a distant reminiscence though they’ve left their enchancment too late to make a title problem.
Foden admitted as a lot within the build-up and it appeared as if Metropolis had been taking part in with a component of freedom as they set concerning the hosts from the off.
Haaland should have opened the scoring after 14 minutes however Christian Walton made a superb save following Kovacic’s pretty via ball.
Kovacic then fired over as Metropolis remained on the entrance foot and it got here as no shock once they went forward after 27 minutes.
Kevin De Bruyne was the architect, taking a move from Doku and crossing for Foden to manage and fireplace a left-foot volley previous Walton.
Kovacic added a second three minutes later, firing powerfully into the underside nook from the sting of the realm.
De Bruyne shot wastefully over earlier than the Belgian created Foden’s second in a close to carbon copy of his first, the England worldwide prodding house a left-wing cross.
Phil Foden doubles his tally 💥
Manchester Metropolis are working riot in East Anglia! pic.twitter.com/Bj67biie9f
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Rout continued after the break
Ederson saved properly from Ben Johnson on a uncommon Ipswich foray earlier than Metropolis added a fourth from their subsequent assault. Doku, whose tempo and energy tormented Ipswich all afternoon, reduce in from the left and fired in a shot that clipped the foot of Dara O’Shea on its well beyond Walton.
The very last thing Ipswich needed was to present a rampant Metropolis a serving to hand however that’s precisely what Jack Clarke did after 57 minutes.
The winger has struggled to make an impression at Portman Street following his summer time transfer from Sunderland and he did little to endear himself to the house supporters with a poor crossfield move that was intercepted by Doku and he slipped it to Haaland to fit house.
With the factors within the bag, Pep Guardiola withdrew De Bruyne, Haaland and Foden and one of many replacements promptly got here up with Metropolis’s sixth, McAtee nodding in Kovacic’s pleasant move.
