Manchester City fall to Tottenham and are knocked out of the Carabao Cup

Manchester City visited Tottenham Hotspur at their stadium as part of the round of 16 Carabao Cup, better known as the English Cup; It is known that the ‘Spurs’ have always been a crack in the direction of those led by Pep Guardiola, especially when they play away.

Those fears from the Mancunian side surfaced again, as goals from Werner and Sarr saw City sign a painful defeat of the campaign and, with this, those led by Ange Postecoglou qualified for the semi-finals. finals of the tournament, in an attempt to add to it. reward for his performances.

The first time

Timo Werner was responsible for opening the scoring in favor of the Peppers, and this happened early in the 6th minute of the game, as, after leaving the light blue back of Rico Lewis, the German sent the shot into the goal, which was unstoppable to goalkeeper Stefan Ortega; 1-0, the ‘Spurs’ still showed authority at home against the citizens.

Timo Werner, the hero of the game and who led the ‘Spur’ victory.

At 25′, Tottenham surprised and made it 2-0 on a corner kick, courtesy of Pape Matar Sarr, who scored a great goal from outside the area to consolidate the advantage over those led by Pep Guardiola; Shortly before the end of the first half, Matheus Nunes managed to close the gap after a great assist where Savinho made it past the entire London defence; An epic goal that made it 2-1, Manchester City still dreamed of turning it around.

The second half

At 51′, Werner wanted to appear again and was about to get the third, because he was left alone in front of the Mancunian goal, but in an unusual way he sent the ball to the stands, leaving everything in fear, but it was a warning that the ‘Spurs’ were not going to let their guard down.

At 61′, the “citizens” alarms went off again, when one of the main players in this first part of the season, Savinho, left the field due to an apparent injury , and it is not known how bad it is yet, until the young The youth team Jacob Wright entered the field to change the face of the game.

Winger Savinho left the field in tears after an injury.

The same thing happened in the 68th minute, but now for the Londoners, as the hero of the night, Timo Werner, left the field with muscle discomfort, which is why Richarlison came to -in looking to turn the London team.

However, the game went no further; Tottenham won 2-0 and left Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup, a cup that eliminated the citizens from the 2020/2021 season, when they lifted that medal for the last time, directly, against Tottenham.

Despite their efforts, Manchester City were beaten again in the Carabao Cup for the fourth consecutive season.

The next meetings

Next Saturday, November 2, Manchester City will look to be unstoppable in the Premier League by visiting the Espanyol Stadium to face Julián Álvarez’s Mexican side AFC Bournemouth, while the London Magpies host Aston Villa on this Sunday, November 3 looking for places to climb.