And Manchester City more practical than luxurious defeated This Tuesday by 2-1 to Watford at the Etihad Stadium and advanced to the round of 16 of the English League Cup.
Matheus Nunes scored City’s second goal in the 38th minute
The fate of the meeting was sealed from early on, because to the five minutes The City He took advantage of a huge mistake by Watford at the start and opened the scoring. The Scotsman Ryan Porteous tried to pass back to goalkeeper Jonathan Bond but came up short. Attentive, James McAtee went to press and managed to steal the ball. He quickly passed it to Jack Grealish, who saw it through. Tissue and handed it to her.
The Belgian also had his merit. Because he didn’t stop the ball in the most natural way, but instead he did it by passing his foot behind and managed to confuse the defenders. With that he created space to shoot and catch the goalkeeper off guard.
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It is known: Pep Guardiola’s team is one of the most difficult to get into early on. It was once again demonstrated. Because the Citizens, with the calm of the advantage, continued to go after the rival goal. That, with their individualities, is very dangerous for the opponent.
The Portuguese Matheus Nunes was the one who confirmed that idea. Because at 38 he took advantage of a good assist from Rico Lewis and fired a low left-footed shot, close to the first post, impossible for the goalkeeper.
Tom Ince, the son of the legendary Pauladded some suspense to the end of the match, when in the 86th minute he scored a fantastic goal, with a left-footed shot that curved from the crescent towards the left post.
Watford pushed hard towards the end to try to equalise, but they ran out of time.
