A slap in time or a blow that can change the outcome? The Manchester City he looked on course for 2023 as an all-tournament star, with fearsome scoring ability Erling Haalandthe tremendous present of Giuliano Alvarez as world champion and an oiled performance. But this Wednesday, those aspirations got a major wake-up call with the elimination of the English League Cup by the hand of southamptonlast in the Premier League, who beat it 2-0 at home, on the same night he turned up Carlos Alcaraz as his new reinforcement.
The southern United Kingdom team had the great pleasure of eliminating the group led by Pep Guardiola, thanks to the goal of the French-Senegalese Sekou Mara (23) and the Malian Moussa Djenepo (29), which advanced them to the semifinals of the competition.
True to its style, the Manchester team began by commanding the game, but were soon caught off guard by an opponent who presented themselves evenly and did not forgive their mistakes.
23 minutes into the match, the ‘Saints’ took the lead, when Sékou Mara anticipated Kyle Walker to finish in a cross from the right from the Brazilian Lyanko, after a catastrophic start from defence.
And just six minutes later, Djenepo surprised goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, born in Germany to a Spanish father, with a superb shot from 25 metres.
In the second half, Guardiola brought onto the field other starters such as De Bruyne, Haaland and Rodri, and the ‘city’ dominance was even more clear-cut, but apart from a couple of chances from the Argentine Giuliano Alvarezthe visitors never gave the impression that they could get through the game.
Manchester City is thus eliminated from a tournament which he had won in six of the last nine editions.
In the other tie played this Wednesday, the Nottingham Forest defeated on penalties wolverhampton Julen Lopetegui, who thus misses a great opportunity to aspire to win his first title in English football.
The “Wolves” took the game into extra time with a goal from Mexican Raúl Jiménez in the last stretch of the game (84 minutes), which served to equalize the initial goal by Ivorian Willy Boly in the first period (18′).
They had already qualified for the semifinals on Tuesday newcastle Y Manchester Utdafter defeating Leicester (2-0) and Charlton (3-0) respectively.
Source: Clarin
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