Gabriel Jesus’ ninth-minute goal was enough to earn Manchester City a 12th successive win and consolidate their position as Premier League leaders at the expense of bottom club Sheffield United.
It was not a vintage City performance. Aside from Jesus’ close-range strike from a Ferran Torres cross, an instinctive header from Bernardo Silva, created by a stray Oliver Norwood header, was their only effort on target until Aaron Ramsdale denied Oleksandr Zinchenko and then Aymeric Laporte from the corner that followed.
Ramsdale also kept out an injury-time Jesus shot.
But the Blues’ defensive strength was again on show. Pep Guardiola’s side have now kept five clean sheets in a row in the Premier League and an impressive 11 out of 13.
It was certainly far too strong for a visiting team who never looked like emulating their victory at Manchester United three days ago and remain rooted to the foot of the table, 10 points adrift of fourth-bottom Brighton.
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Manchester City
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Squad number16Player nameRodri
Sheffield United
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Squad number1Player nameRamsdale
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Squad number2Player nameBaldock
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Squad number6Player nameBasham
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Squad number12Player nameEgan
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Squad number22Player nameAmpadu
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Squad number20Player nameBogle
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Squad number7Player nameLundstram
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Squad number16Player nameNorwood
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Squad number4Player nameFleck
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Squad number14Player nameBurke
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Squad number24Player nameBrewster
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Squad number9Player nameMcBurnie
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Squad number10Player nameSharp
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Squad number17Player nameMcGoldrick
Line-ups
Man City
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Ederson
- 2Walker
- 3Rúben Dias
- 14Laporte
- 11Zinchenko
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 25Fernandinho
- 8Gündogan
- 21TorresSubstituted forRodriat 90′minutes
- 9Gabriel Jesus
- 47Foden
Substitutes
- 5Stones
- 7Sterling
- 13Steffen
- 16Rodri
- 22Mendy
- 26Mahrez
- 27Cancelo
- 50GarcÃa
- 82Bernabé
Sheff Utd
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Ramsdale
- 2BaldockBooked at 82mins
- 6BashamSubstituted forMcBurnieat 78′minutes
- 12EganBooked at 84mins
- 22Ampadu
- 20Bogle
- 7Lundstram
- 16NorwoodBooked at 24mins
- 4Fleck
- 14BurkeSubstituted forSharpat 78′minutes
- 24BrewsterSubstituted forMcGoldrickat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 9McBurnie
- 10Sharp
- 11Mousset
- 13Lowe
- 15Jagielka
- 17McGoldrick
- 18Foderingham
- 29Bryan
- 33Gordon
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester City 1, Sheffield United 0.
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Second Half ends, Manchester City 1, Sheffield United 0.
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Rodrigo (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David McGoldrick (Sheffield United).
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Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Oliver Norwood.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
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Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by George Baldock.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Rodrigo replaces Ferran Torres.
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Attempt blocked. Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Fleck.
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Foul by Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
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Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Billy Sharp.
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John Egan (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by John Egan (Sheffield United).
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George Baldock (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by George Baldock (Sheffield United).
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