Man City accelerates to race for top 4

Man City are in poor form in the Premier League but Leicester are not capable of causing trouble for the defending champions at the Etihad Stadium at 1:45 a.m. on April 3.

Man City, despite facing numerous difficulties on all fronts this season, have shown no signs of giving up. Man City have just qualified for the FA Cup after beating Bournemouth 2-1 in the quarter-finals. However, the price they paid for their seventh consecutive appearance in the FA Cup semi-finals was very high when key striker Erling Haaland suffered an ankle injury, which could see him miss the rest of the tournament.

Omar Marmoush takes on the responsibility of replacing Haaland (Photo: MAN CITY)

Without the striker who has scored a total of 30 goals in all competitions, it is a huge loss for Man City, when they still have to fight hard to qualify for the Champions League next season. Before the FIFA Days break, Man City continuously lost points when facing Nottingham Forest and Brighton, falling to 5th place in the rankings, 1 point behind 4th place Chelsea and only 1 point ahead of the 2 teams right behind. An important victory in the FA Cup could be the premise for Man City to return to the Premier League race, especially in the context of the opponent Leicester falling into crisis.

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Without Haaland, Man City must put their faith in new signing Omar Marmoush - who just moved from Frankfurt in the winter transfer window but has scored 5 goals in 8 appearances. Around the Egyptian striker who is in good form, Pep Guardiola hopes Phil Foden, Savinho, Jeremy Doku, Jack Grealish will play at their best. With that, Man City will not have many problems against Leicester's extremely poor defense - the team has conceded 16 goals in the last 6 defeats.

There has been no miracle for Leicester since they appointed Ruud van Nistelrooy mid-season. The Foxes are mired in a series of 7 defeats in all competitions, 6 of which have come in the Premier League. Falling to the second-to-last position, Leicester are finding it difficult to make a difference at the Etihad.

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