Manchester City Defeats Bristol City 3-2 To Secure Guardiola’s First Final
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Manchester City progressed to the Final of the Carabao Cup thanks to Kevin De Bruyne’s last-minute winner after Bristol City had fought back from two goals down to draw the game 2-2 with just a few minutes left to play in additional time. This Final will be the first for Pep Guardiola in his reign as the Manchester City boss. A cracking final awaits Manchester City in the Carabao Cup with the possibility of them playing either Arsenal or Chelsea, both teams will go up against each other at the Emirates tonight to decide who joins Manchester City in the Final.
A first half goal from Leroy Sane and a second half goal from Sergio Aguero put the Cityzens in a very comfortable lead and one could have thought they would have gone on to score some more, but that was not the case as the Robins fought back to level. They got their first goal thanks to Marlon Pack’s header and their second goal was courtesy of an Aden Flint’s tap-in in 90+4 minutes. Kevin De Bruyne who just signed a new contract till 2023 scored the winner in 90+6 minute after a nice square play from the lively Leroy Sane.
This result puts an end to Bristol City’s fairy tale run in the Carabao Cup, a competition where the Championship side eliminated 4 Premier League teams from the competition.
Second Round:
Watford 2-3 Bristol City
Third Round:
Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
Fourth Round:
Bristol City 4-1 Crystal Palace
Fifth Round:
Bristol City 2-1 Manchester United
STATS:
· Leroy Sane has either scored or assisted in five of his six appearances for Manchester City in 2018 (3 goals and 3 assists).
· Kevin de Bruyne has provided 14 assists for Manchester City in all competitions this season; more than any other player in the Premier League.
· Bristol City Defeated four (4) Premier League teams en route the semi-final of the Carabao Cup, notably defeating Manchester United in the Fifth Round.
· Guardiola has now won 11 of his 18 semi-final ties, reached his first final as a manager in England.
· Aguero has scored eight goals in six appearances since the turn of the year, grabbing one assist.
· Pack’s header ended Bristol City’s run of 550 minutes without scoring a goal from open play in all competitions.
Manchester City Starting XI
Bravo; Otamendi, Walker, Stones, Zinchenko; De Bruyne, Silva, Fernandinho; Bernardo Silva, Sane, Aguero
Bristol City Starting XI
Steele; Flint, Wright, Smith, Magnusson; Pack, Bryan, Paterson; Walsh Brownhill, Reid
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After a disappointing first season in the premier league l, Guardiola is finally getting his team into a groove and they are remarkable.
I do not have the statistics about the win percentage Guardiola has had in finals but I can imagine he has been ruthless with all the trophies he has won. They are also strong favourites against arsenal for the final .
I'm not a Manchester City fans. But, this team will get treble winner this year.
That's a big prediction, because the treble invooves them getting the Champions League. We can't rule out the possibility of that though and a treble is possible because they are still in all competitions.
Or are you talking about the local treble (carabao cup, FA cup & EPL)?
But even without the last goal they would have moved correct? The aggregate score was then 4-3 Man City and Man City has more road goals.
Yes correct. But it would have being a shame for the best team in the EPL failing to get a win against the fifth best team in the championship, despite fielding their first team.