Original title: Two goals conceded in 5 minutes! The League Cup semi-finals were a big blow, and Manchester City were fooled by the bottom one in the Premier League!
On January 12, 2023, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the English League Cup ushered in Manchester City, second in the Premier League, against Southampton, who finished last, and the Blue Moon rotated the squad significantly in this game.
Manchester City starters: Ortega, Gomez, Laporte, Walker, Joao Cancelo, Gundogan, Phillips, Palmer, Grealish, Foden, Alvarez.
Southampton's counter-attack momentum was quite sharp in the game, and in the 22nd minute, Manchester City's midfielder missed a pass and was tackled by the opponent, Lianko drove the ball straight into the middle of the field, and Mara snatched a point in the box to open the scoring and the Saints took a one-goal lead.
In the 27th minute, it was another quick counterattack in the middle, Lavia passed to Genepo, saw goalkeeper Ortega stand relatively forward, directly raised his foot to score a wonderful world wave, in just five minutes Manchester City conceded two goals in a row, and there were serious problems in the midfield defense.
City were temporarily two goals behind at half-time, they had an absolute advantage in possession, but failed to form a one-shot goal-wide attack, while Southampton's defensive counterattack was simply a textbook cooperation, six shots and four shots on target to score two goals, so efficient enough to see how bad the Blue Moon's defense is.
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Although Manchester City's main squad is sitting on the bench to watch, the rotation will not play so ugly against the bottom team in the Premier League, the lack of control in the midfield has successive mistakes and lost the ball is played by the opponent as a counterattack, the front attack can not create a good threat attack, the back defense is still vulnerable, in short, there is no temperament of a strong team at all.