Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish scored three minutes aside as champions Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to beat Premier League newcomers Luton City 2-1 on Sunday. It was their first victory in 5 league video games.
The win saved Pep Guardiola’s workforce who have been lacking striker Erling Haaland by means of damage – in fourth place on 33 factors, 4 shy of leaders Liverpool in a crowded title battle. Luton stay within the drop zone on 9 factors, 4 adrift of seventeenth place.
The house followers have been celebrating at halftime at a raucous Kenilworth Street after Elijah Adebayo rose to fulfill a cross from Andros Townsend and headed within the opener seconds earlier than the break. However after quite a few Metropolis near-misses, Silva scored within the 62nd minute when he curled a low left-footed strike into the far nook previous goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.
Grealish netted his fiftieth profession objective three minutes later when Julian Alvarez despatched a cross throughout the face of the objective that the 28-year-old stretched to fit in.
