City chase records in big league
Manchester, April 23: Manchester City is chasing more records now the Premier League title has been wrapped up.
A 5-0 win over Swansea got the champions closer to a few of them.
David Silva scored one goal and set up another for Raheem Sterling in the first half, before further strikes by Kevin De Bruyne — a thunderous 25-metre effort — Bernardo Silva and Gabriel Jesus sealed an easy win for City amid a party atmosphere at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Having already won a record 18 straight games this season, City is within reach of more milestones to underline one of the most stunning seasons in English soccer.
With four games left, City needs six more points to post the most points outright in a Premier League campaign, six more goals for the most goals in a Premier League campaign, and two more wins to post the most victories in a Premier League campaign. Its current goal difference of plus 73 is two better than the all-time best, Chelsea’s 71 in 2009-10.
The biggest title-winning margin is 18 points — by Manchester United in 2000 — and City’s current lead over secondplace United is 16 points.
More displays like that and those records will easily be caught. — AP Tennis ace Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik are expecting their first child, due in October.
“We are soon to become parents. Having thought about it for while, we both felt right now is the correct time to start a family,” Sania said.
“When we found out, we were ecstatic and couldn’t wait to give out this news to our fans and well-wishers. We are very excited to enter this new phase of our lives and look forward to our journey as parents,” the 31-year-old who has been out of action since October last year owing to a knee injury, added.
Shoaib came up with a similarly worded statement. “Amazing news... when we found out we were ecstatic, needless to say our families are overwhelmed and super happy,” the former Pakistan cricket captain said.
“We have been thinking about it for a while and look forward to our journey as parents, InshaAllah,” the 36-yearold added.
Sania and Shoaib had celebrated their eighth marriage anniversary a few days back, on April 12.
Sania’s father Imran was understandably elated. “We have six months to go! Inshallah,” he said
We are soon to become parents. Having thought about it for while, we both felt right now is the correct time to start a family. When we found out, we were ecstatic and couldn’t wait to give out this news to our fans and wellwishers. We are very excited to enter this new phase of our lives.
— SANIA MIRZA
about the impending new arrival in the family.
At the recent ‘Goa Fest 2018’ Sania had said that their child would keep surnames of both parents. “Today I will tell you a secret. My husband and I have spoken about it and we have decided that whenever we have a child, the child will have MirzaMalik as a surname and not just Malik. So that’s where we stand as a family including my husband. He actually wants a daughter,” Sania had said.