EPL: Man City 0-0 Huddersfield

Manchester City lift the Premier League trophy

Huddersfield Town boosted their Premier League survival hopes with a gutsy goalless draw against champions Manchester City on Sunday.

City were looking to set a host of domestic records before capping their sensational season by lifting the Premier League trophy.

But with City's eyes perhaps on post-match celebrations, a dogged and resilient Huddersfield outfit seized the opportunity to secure an unlikely point in their battle against the drop.

 

There was a carnival feel around the stadium ahead of kick-off, which culminated in City receiving a guard of honour from Huddersfield and members of City's title-winning squad from 1968.

But with just three games to secure their Premier League status, Huddersfield were intent on spoiling City's party, creating two clear openings inside 11 minutes.

Former City midfielder Aaron Mooy, making his first appearance at the Etihad, fizzed an effort just wide on 10 minutes before Alex Pritchard's clever free-kick released Florent Hadergjonaj, only for the defender to shoot straight at Ederson.

 

Huddersfield were almost made to pay for those misses three minutes later as City captain David Silva combined with Leroy Sane and found Kevin De Bruyne on edge of the area, but the Belgian whistled a shot wide of goal.

And it was not long until the Terriers were back on the attack, Pritchard's 25-yard drive drawing a save from Ederson before Mooy released the returning Chris Lowe on the overlap, and he blazed wide at the near post.

It was all hands to the pump for Huddersfield from there on. After Jonas Lossl had seen them into the interval on level terms by thwarted a rasping De Bruyne drive on 35 minutes, the visitors had to withstand wave after wave of City pressure.

 

Christopher Schindler hooked the ball off the line the after Lossl spilled a Sane delivery, but having come up with the right answer time and time again this season, City could not find a way to unpick the Huddersfield lock.

Gabriel Jesus drifted a header onto the roof of the net with 10 minutes remaining, before substitutes Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy went close with efforts, but focus soon turned to the trophy celebrations on a sun-drenched afternoon.