Man City 4-1 Ipswich: Post-match reaction

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Our reporter Michael Plant gives his immediate thoughts following Manchester City's 4-1 win over Ipswich Town at the Etihad.

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00:00I'm at the Etihad where this afternoon Manchester City picked up where they

00:03left off at home with a 4-1 win against Ipswich Town. Of course the first match

00:08back here at home this season and City played pretty well you have to say

00:12although they certainly did get a helping hand from Ipswich who gifted the

00:16champions three goals inside the first 16 minutes. I think that'll be a lesson

00:20for them not that it's probably something they needed to be told

00:23beforehand that City don't need a huge amount of help when it comes to winning

00:26games here at the Etihad but they started pretty well Ipswich they

00:30actually only had one shot on target actually had only one shot throughout

00:33the entire game and managed to score it after the seventh minute. Sammy Smodic

00:36fastened onto a ball in behind the City defence and he slotted through the

00:40legs of Ederson to give Ipswich a really surprise early lead but it only

00:44lasted a couple of minutes because Savino won a penalty, Erling Haaland

00:47converted and another good display from him he scored a hat-trick got one soon

00:51after when Kevin De Bruyne played a long ball in behind he got a hat-trick

00:56went around Muric and centre and placed the ball into the back of the net but in

01:02between that Kevin De Bruyne had put City 2-1 up Muric who really did have a

01:06nightmare for Ipswich in the away goal he came out and was tackled by Savino

01:11the ball rolled nicely for Kevin De Bruyne to just slot into the back of the

01:17net in what was a really action-packed first 16 minutes it did quiet down a

01:21little bit after that Kevin De Bruyne hit the bar Rico Lewis also hit the bar

01:24thought both of them were absolutely fantastic here today for City as was

01:27Savino on the right wing cutting inside in his left foot he really does look

01:32like a signing for City looks like he is really gonna add to their attacking

01:35options they've got so many players who can play in those wide areas but his I

01:38thought he was really silky drifting inside linked well with City players

01:41produced a number of really incisive dribbles and really helped City

01:45maintain control over this game but once City went 3-1 up there wasn't a

01:49huge amount really to say to be honest after that City just dominated possession

01:52Ipswich couldn't get out as I say they only have one shot all afternoon City

01:56had 77% of the ball kept it passing about and kept Ipswich hemmed in really

02:02if I'm honest and there was only a couple of chances in the second half

02:05Haaland saw a good header saved by Muric and then he did add his hat-trick goal

02:09right in the 90th minute I think it was when he turned under a ball from Rico

02:13Lewis and shot instinctively into the bottom corner I thought Haaland was really

02:17good again today a couple of standout performances but he was certainly up

02:20there amongst them as unsurprisingly when you score a hat-trick and the only

02:23other real talking point from today was that Mateo Kovacic came off in the

02:29second half he seemed to pick up a knock and we'll obviously have to see what Pep

02:32Guardiola says in that I say there was no other talking point I've actually

02:34probably left the biggest talking point of all which was of course Ilkay

02:37Gundogan making his return to Manchester City he started on the bench here today

02:40came on in the 71st minute probably got a bigger cheer to be honest than all of

02:44the goals this afternoon a real fan favorite here unsurprisingly given his

02:47contributions and during his first stint at the club but he came back came on for

02:51the last 20 minutes didn't have a huge amount to do but the game was done by

02:53then City will be absolutely delighted to have him back in the squad here today

02:56he'll be absolutely delighted to get going with a 4-1 win at home and make

03:00it two wins from two in the Premier League an impressive performance but as

03:03I say they'd have a huge helping hand from Ipswich

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