Majestic Mehmeti Drives Bristol City Back Into Play-Off Frame

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Bristol City returned from the international break with one of their most complete performances of the season, sweeping aside Swansea City 3-0 at Ashton Gate and reigniting their push for the Championship play-offs.   It was a dominant, confident afternoon — and one illuminated by the superb Anis Mehmeti, whose creativity set the tone from the first whistle to the last.

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00:00Bristol City return from the international break with one of their most complete performances of

00:07the season, sweeping aside Swansea City 3-0 at Ashton Gate and reigniting their push for

00:12the Championship playoffs. It was a dominant, confident afternoon and one illuminated by the

00:19superb Anis Mometi. His creativity set the tone from the first to the last whistle. He was involved

00:26in all three goals, underlining why Gerard Struber views him as a player with even greater levels still

00:31to reach. The Albanian winger delivered an inch-perfect corner for Rob Dickey to head City

00:38into an early lead before supplying a precise cross for Emil Rees to cushion home a second on the

00:44half-hour mark. Swansea's late push for a route back into the game was also extinguished by Mometi,

00:50who threaded a beautifully weighted ball behind the defence for Yuhiraka to complete the scoring.

00:58Those assists take Mometi to 11 goal involvements in 16 league games, comfortably the best spell of

01:04his Bristol City career. City had arrived at the weekend without a win in three but quickly

01:09reasserted themselves. Mometi twice went close inside the opening minutes while Rees and Sinclair

01:15Armstrong both might have extended the lead before Swansea found their footing. Radek Vitek was called

01:22on to make a couple of sharp second-half saves but the result rarely felt in doubt. The victory felt

01:28like a statement, a reminder that when Bristol City click, they are one of the division's most

01:33dangerous sides. It lifted them back into the play-off places and restored momentum that had

01:39drifted during their recent struggle for results. With key players returning, confidence rising and

01:47Mometi in the form of his life, the Robins look ready to attack the festive fixture pile head-on.

01:53Struber sums it up with intent, a good result, a good performance and a big step forward.

01:59If City can replicate this standard, Saturday may be remembered as the moment their season

02:04truly reignited. Next up Wrexham and a chance to continue this resurgence and show it's only the beginning.

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