Aymeric Laporte he is aiming for fast-track victories at Manchester City. The former Athletic player has become the player with the fewest games (59) he has needed to reach 50 Premier wins. The central has replaced the first place neither more nor less than to Didier Drogba.
Last Sunday's match against an already relegated Norwich was round. With the 5-0 they were able to fire the magician through the front door, under the circumstances that the coronavirus crisis has generated. David Silva. Also, in the personal chapter, as pointed out by Opta's account, Laporte He beat that mark of speed at Etihad Stadium to accumulate wins. Already half a hundred in the Premier with the ‘citizens’ shirt in 59 crashes.
The previous holder of the best record was Didier Drogba, who won 50 games in his first 60 appearances. In his case, the Ivorian striker did it with the colors of Chelsea.
In addition, in that last shock to lower the blind in the Premier of those of Pep Guardiola, the goalkeeper Ederson he got the ‘gold glove’. Award that distinguishes the keeper who has left his goal more than zero, 16, this season, ahead of 15 Pope, from the Burnley.
Remember that Laporte He left Athletic at the end of January 2018, in the winter market, paying his withdrawal clause established at 65 million euros, to sign for five years for Manchester City. That amount placed him as the second most expensive defense in history, after that of Virgil Van Dijk for Liverpool from Southampton. He was also leading the record of being the most expensive of the citizens.
The one from Agen remained in the rojiblanco first team for 6 seasons, accumulating 222 matches (161 League, 20 Cup, 7 Champions, 32 Europa League and 2 Super Cup) and 10 goals. With Manchester City he played 9 league matches in the academic year 2017-18, 35 in 2018-19 and 15 in 2019-20. It must be remembered that he was out of circulation from the end of August 2019 until mid-January 2020 after a knee injury and reappeared against Sheffield United as a starter.
City has finished the Premier in second position behind Liverpool. He is still immersed in the Champions League, starting with an advantage in the tie with Real Madrid that they must resolve at Etihad. LaporteIn addition to the Super Cup that he raised with Athletic, he has two Premier Cups, three League Cups, one FA Cup and two Community Shields in his windows.