{"id":1237960,"date":"2021-12-14T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1237960"},"modified":"2021-12-14T22:38:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T22:38:04","slug":"manchester-city-7-0-leeds-united-guardiola-500th-goal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/manchester-city-7-0-leeds-united-guardiola-500th-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City&#8217;s 500th PL goal under Guardiola sets them on their way to record-breaking 7-0 win over Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City scored their 500th Premier League goal under Pep Guardiola as they beat Leeds United 7-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They actually scored their 500th, 501st, 502nd, 503rd, 504th, 505th and 506th as they inflicted Leeds heaviest-ever defeat in the Premier League and became the first side to stick seven goals on Marcelo Bielsa.<\/p>\n<p>But that opening goal from Phil Foden was their 500th with Guardiola in charge, and City have reached that obscene number in just 207 Premier League games. That&#8217;s a record, and by some distance.<\/p>\n<p>No manager has seen their side score 500 Premier League goals faster than Guardiola&#8217;s City. Jurgen Klopp was the record holder and his Liverpool side did it in 234 games. Pep&#8217;s City broke that record by almost an entire season&#8217;s worth of games which is astonishing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>After the game Guardiola declined to accept praise, insisting: &#8220;we were patient with the ball, the quality of the players did the rest,&#8221; adding: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t score one goal, the staff didn&#8217;t score one goal. It depends on the quality of the players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And he also had a word of praise for the fans, saying: &#8220;the vibes of the stadium was nice today, [it] was sold out, the supporters incredible,&#8221; even though most of the noise was generated by the visiting Leeds fans.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola even made excuses for Leeds, saying &#8220;maybe they were tired,&#8221; after their exertions at the weekend against Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he praised his man of the match and two-goal hero Kevin De Bruyne: &#8220;Kevin in these type of games, open up and down, he&#8217;s devastating. He can do what he wants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1143742\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/football-supports-black-lives-matter-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1143742\" class=\"wp-image-1143742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures.png\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter in football\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1143742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Lives Matter:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/football-supports-black-lives-matter-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about the cause footballers are taking the knee for<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City scored their 500th Premier League goal under Pep Guardiola as they beat Leeds United 7-0. They actually scored their 500th, 501st, 502nd, 503rd, 504th, 505th and 506th as they inflicted Leeds heaviest-ever defeat in the Premier League and became the first side to stick seven goals on Marcelo Bielsa. But that opening goal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":1237979,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Man City score 500th PL goal under Guardiola in 7-0 Leeds win","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Manchester City scored their 500th Premier League goal under Pep Guardiola as they annihilated Leeds United 7-0.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1237960","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man City score 500th PL goal under Guardiola in 7-0 Leeds win<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester City scored their 500th Premier League goal under Pep Guardiola as they 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