English Premier League: Riyad Mahrez (63′) Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Manchester City
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Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
Riyad Mahrez has said Manchester City are keeping calm and enjoying the pressure of the Premier League title race.
Mahrez, who joined City in a club-record £60 million deal in the summer, was part of the Leicester side that won the 2016 title in one of the greatest shocks in English football history.
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The Algeria international said City — bidding for a second successive title — were enjoying the battle with Liverpool, who are a point ahead of them.
“We live for this, to be honest, this type…
Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
BOURNEMOUTH, England — Pep Guardiola said Riyad Mahrez’s winning goal was “important for him” as his strike made the difference in Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Bournemouth.
The Algerian winger has not had an easy time since moving to the champions in a club record £60 million deal last summer but got the crucial breakthrough in a tight game at the Vitality Stadium. Mahrez has found it difficult to dislodge Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane in the starting lineup and has…
Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
BOURNEMOUTH, England — Manchester City moved two points clear at the top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday. The champions struggled to create too many chances, but Riyad Mahrez’s low shot in the 55th minute was the difference and puts the pressure on Liverpool ahead of Sunday’s Merseyside derby.
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Mahrez has found it difficult since becoming City’s most expensive player ever in the summer — not helped by a penalty miss at Liverpool early…
It was a simple training session for Manchester City for about 80 minutes until Abdoulaye Doucoure’s goal made the visitors sweat.
WATFORD, England — Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as they held on in a tense finish for a 2-1 victory at Watford on Tuesday. It appeared to be business as usual when Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez scored either side of half-time, but Abdoulaye Doucoure’s late goal set up a dramatic finish as they pushed for an equaliser.
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Watford didn’t sit back but City were still able to employ their usual dominant gameplay, enjoying more than 70 percent possession….
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City edged closer to qualifying for the last-16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 6-0 victory over Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. Gabriel Jesus scored a hat trick with two penalties, including a controversial spot kick for City’s second, as they moved three points clear at the top of Group F.
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Former Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez pays tribute to the memory of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after scoring in Manchester City’s win at Tottenham.
In basic terms, the reigning Premier League champions’ purchase of a former PFA Footballer of the Year, for a club record fee, was clearly a huge statement of intent. But when Manchester City completed the signing of Riyad Mahrez in the summer, there was a legitimate question about his precise role in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI.
After all, City had just won the Premier League with a record 100 points, courtesy of a side based around two outright wingers, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling, stretching…
Former Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez pays tribute to the memory of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after scoring in Manchester City’s win at Tottenham.
English Premier League: Riyad Mahrez (6′) Tottenham 0-1 Manchester City
LONDON, England — Riyad Mahrez dedicated his goal in Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur to late Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Mahrez spent five seasons with the Foxes before his move to City in the summer and described the Leicester chairman as being “like a dad” to him.
Mr. Srivaddhanaprabha was killed on Saturday when his helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium and the Algerian winger looked to the heavens after his decisive sixth-minute goal.
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Riyad Mahrez netted the lone goal of the game as Man City extended their streak of not conceding a Premier League goal to 10 hours in their win at Tottenham.
London, ENGLAND — Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Wembley. Riyad Mahrez’s sixth-minute goal was the difference on a difficult night when the three points were far more important than the performance.
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Man City made light work of Burnley at the Etihad easing to a 5-0 rout to stay top of the Premier League.
Man City made light work of Burnley at the Etihad easing to a 5-0 rout to stay top of the Premier League.
MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola insists he had no concerns about starting Riyad Mahrez in Manchester City’s 5-0 victory over Burnley, despite his penalty miss in the goalless draw with Liverpool.
Despite missing from the spot before the international break, and pushing Gabriel Jesus out of the way to take the kick himself, Mahrez retained his place in the starting XI and scored a delightful 20-yard goal as City maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League.
“He [Mahrez] played so good…