5 star performance from Manchester City as they defeat Crystal Palace 5-0.
Manchester City quest to finish in the top four continues as the
Citizens thrash Crystal Palace 5-0. David Silva celebrated his return to
the team as he got the first goal for Manchester City
at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Silva, out for a fortnight after suffering a blow to his knee during
the FA Cup semi-final defeat by Arsenal, struck inside the first two
minutes.
Second-half goals from Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem
Sterling and Nicolas Otamendi completed the scoring as City leapfrogged
Liverpool into third in the Premier League, on goal difference, and also
moved four points clear of fifth-placed Manchester United.
Only the top four at the end of the season qualify for the Champions
League, European club football’s leading competition, with City now
having three Premier League games left to play this term.
But both Liverpool (at home to Southampton) and United (away to Arsenal) are in action Sunday.
For Palace, noy yet safe from the threat of relegation, Saturday’s reverse was their third straight defeat.
City manager Pep Guardiola has spoken repeatedly over the last two
months about his side’s failure to make possession and chances count,
citing that as a reason for their relatively disappointing season.
He would have been pleased that his side scored from their first
attack, but not that they then passed up a series of first-half
opportunities to add to that lead.
The goal, City’s fastest in any game this season, was well-worked, with Spanish playmaker Silva starting and finishing the move.
Silva, making his 200th Premier League start, angled a chip towards
Sterling and then, when the cross was half-cleared by Martin Kelly,
timed his run perfectly to side-foot a volley into the corner of the
net.
For much of the opening half-an-hour, it seemed inevitable that more
goals would follow, as Palace offered little midfield resistance.
Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okogie, has called on her fans to
remember her in their prayers so that her marriage will remain happy
forever.
Mercy Johnson, who is also the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Kogi
State Governor on entertainment, arts and culture, said that her
husband’s birthday is fast approaching and she is unsure of the best
words she can use to express how much she loves him.
“No one has an assurance of Happily ever after but I beg God to
please Help me and lets stay this way forever. Pray for me Friends cus
with Him is where I would rather be,” she said.
She also described the sweet little things she loved about Prince
Odianosen Okojie thanking him for being such an amazing husband.
She wrote:
“Odi ur so oooo shy but: I Love d way u pick Angel at
night and drop her in her crib each time I put her in the middle of the
bed as an obstacle cus am upset.I love the way u whisper in her
ears,saying”Angel go to ur crib and don’t put Asunder I love d way u
increase the AC ,Snatch the blanket and 30mins later you grab me and
say”u too vex,aren’t you Cold? I love the way you say,I play too much. I
love d way you chastise me after cooking by saying”my love salt pass
this food but e sweet” I can go on and on Thank you baby,the kids go to
bed Happy and wake up smiling.even they know, that Daddy loves Mummy. Ur
birthday is close and I don’t know what to say or how to show that you
are the Very Air I breathe.”
From make believe to reality: Entertainers who found love on movie set
On Wednesday singer, Banky W, and actress Adesua Etomi practically
broke the Nigerian internet space when they announced that they had been
engaged for two months. Given the proper calculations, their love waxed
strong on the set of the movie, Wedding party, which was released in
December 2016. In the movie, the duo played the lead characters and
actually got married. Now online commenters are tagging their union, the
real wedding party. Saturday Beats focuses its searchlight on some
unions that were formed on movie sets.
SaharaReporters has exclusively obtained information the
Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, has released a batch of ore than
80 of the Chibok high school girls who were abducted in mid-April 2014. A
top military source just broke the news to the news outlet. .According to the source, the release of the 80 abducted school girls
came after further negotiations between the Islamist group and the
Buhari administration.
The 80 girls who just regained their freedom are currently in Banki town
in Borno state awaiting airlift to an unknown destination. The source
added that once the girls are secured in a new location they would be
debriefed, undergo a psycological and medical test and then be reunited
with their families.
