Sterling double hammer, Man City Thriller win defeats Leicester city 6-3 on 2021 Boxing Day.
Manchester City made it nine Premier League wins in succession to move six points clear at the top of the table after a remarkable 6-3 victory over Leicester in our final home fixture of 2021.
Laporte, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Mahrez and Sterling Double Scores for Marvelous Victory against the Leicester City on Boxing day 2021.
Leicester had other ideas, however, with three goals in the space of 10 second-half minutes from James Maddison, Ademola Lookman and Kelechi Iheanacho giving them hope.
But Aymeric Laporte's emphatic header made it 5-3, before Sterling scored his second late on to seal the victory.
It was chaotic, breathless and thoroughly entertaining - the highest-scoring Boxing Day fixture in the Premier League era.
1 -- Man City v Leicester is the first ever Ppremier league game on Boxing Day to see as many as nine goals, and the highest scoring match in the top-flight overall on Boxing Day since Oldham 3-6 Man Utd in 1991.2 -- Man City are the third side to score two penalties in the opening 25 minutes of a Premier League match, after West Ham v Man Utd in 2011 and Liverpool v Sheff Utd in 2007, with the Citizens the first of those three to do so with two different scorers.3 -- Riyad Mahrez is only the third player to score as many as three Premier League goals against Leicester after previously playing for them in the competition, after Chris Wood (four) and Emile Heskey (three). Outfoxed.
What's Next Match Fixtures for Man City and Leicester City?
Manchester City’s final match of 2021 is our trip to Brentford on Wednesday 29 December.
Leicester City will at ease at Home, they will host the Arsenal Away match at Kings Stadiums on Wednesday 29 December.
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