Rúben Amorim’s Sporting hammer Manchester City with Gyökeres treble
When does a blip become a slump? Pep Guardiola was asked this before the game and pointed to Manchester City’s supreme run of success. Now, their last three matches have been lost for the first time since April 2018 so Saturday’s trip to Brighton is certainly about arresting the slide.
Two years ago, Rúben Amorim’s Sporting were cuffed aside 5-0 in a grand City show of power football. This last home match of Manchester United’s incoming manager ended in him becoming to sections of the Red Devils faithful, at least, the “new Ferguson”, as he prophesied would occur should their cross-town rival be downed.
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