Manchester City beat Ipswich 6-0 and moved into the top four of the Premier League standings

Manchester City beat Ipswich 6-0 at Portman Road, not only rising to the top four in the Premier League standings, but also tying the team's biggest away win record in the Premier League.

At the start of the game, Manchester City was ranked eighth and needed a big win of at least three goals to advance to the top four. Fortunately, under Guardiola's tactical guidance, Phil Foden stepped up and became the key figure in the team's victory in the first half.

Foden broke the deadlock in the 27th minute with a close-range shot to open the door to victory for Manchester City. Just three minutes later, he actively fought in the penalty area and assisted Mateo Kovacic to score the second goal.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City scored another goal, changing the score to 3-0, almost securing the victory in advance. However, Manchester City was not satisfied with this.

After the change of sides, Manchester City continued to fire. Jeremy Doku broke through the opponent's defense and scored the team's fourth goal. Erling Haaland, who scored a hat trick in the first leg, had a mediocre performance at the beginning of this game and missed a good chance to score. However, he quickly seized the opportunity and took advantage of the opponent's player Jack Clark's mistake to score his first goal of the game, which was also Manchester City's fifth goal. The Norwegian striker, who had just successfully renewed his contract, once again demonstrated his extraordinary scoring ability.

Guardiola then began to reserve his starting lineup for the upcoming Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain. He replaced Kevin De Bruyne with James McCarty, who lived up to expectations and added the icing on the cake for Manchester City, scoring the sixth goal.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, Ipswich was exhausted almost throughout the game, and was suppressed by Manchester City and had no way to fight back. When the final whistle blew, coach Kieran McKenna's team could only accept the fate of a miserable defeat. This defeat made them still stay in the relegation zone, while Manchester City's morale was high, accumulating sufficient confidence for the next key battle of the Champions League.