Manchester City's midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-de-Jong-c27882 scores his first goal for his club - EPL News
Manchester City's midfielder, Nigel De Jong, opened his goal account for his club in the Citizens' 2-1 victory over West Ham United in an English Premier League encounter on May 1, 2011.
De Jong was delightful to score his first competitive goal for the Eastlanders. The Dutchman took advantage of Hammer’s lazy defence as they struggled to deal with a penalty-corner. The midfielder unleashed a power shot that beat Hammers goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222
Green, and rattled the net.
The Former Hamburg player while celebrating with his team-mates, admitted that breaking his goal duck was starting to play on his mind and now it is a relief finally to be on the goal scoring charts.
He said on the club’s official website, "The ball bounced off one of the West Ham players and came down to the edge of the box, I was standing there so I saw the opportunity to shoot and this time finally it went into the net."
"The relief was there. The boys had been asking me when I was going to score my first goal and saying I had lost my touch, and all sorts of thoughts had been getting into my head. So it is nice to score a goal to make sure your side is leading 1-0. It was
a personal victory as well." Added the Dutchman
Defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812, reduced City’s lead to 2-1 in the 33rd minute. The second-half went goal-less and the Eastlanders collected maximum points from the game.
Spending heavily in the transfer market has started to pay dividends for the Citizens as the club are looking for a UEFA Champions League berth next season. Currently, the Roberto Mancini’s troops are placed fourth in the Premier League table and have a
seven point lead over their closest challengers Tottenham Hotspur and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809.
Furthermore, the club are looking to end their 35-year long wait for a major trophy as they have their eyes set on FA Cup silverware. City are through to the FA Cup final where they are up against Stoke City, the highly anticipated match is going to take
place at the Wembley stadium, London, on May 14, 2011.
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