2016.9.21 English League Cup Round 3
Swansay 1-2 Manchester City
90+3' Sigurdson/49' Clichy, 67' Alex Garcia
Sports + special correspondent Chen Jie reported
In the third round of the League Cup, away to Swansea in the Premier League. Compared to last weekend's large league rotation, Manchester City, although the whole game was offensively dominant, but in the second half, relying on the goals of Clichy and Garcia to win 2-1 against the opponent to win the new season, Manchester City continued to break the club's opening streak record. Kompany returned from injury to make his season debut, but retired from the court injured before the finale. Guardiola's side will face united again in the next round of the League Cup.
Kompany left the game at the end of the game and walked straight back to the dressing room, and City had to play with 10 men temporarily.
Kompany returned to start and injured
Captain Kompany started the game and finally made a comeback after nearly five months of recovery after injuries in last season's Champions League semi-finals and Real Madrid matches. In fact, Kompany's name was already on the competition list last weekend, but considering the concern for his physical problems, Guardiola did not send him to the game, and after the game, Guardiola also explained the reasons for not using him.
The Belgian missed the European Championship and the entire summer training, and after a long period of recuperation, he worked hard throughout the race. Kompany did well for most of the match against Swansea, but towards the end of the game, Kompany was injured again. He didn't even inform his teammates and coaches and walked off the field on his own. Because City had already used up three substitutions, he went straight down the turf to return to the dressing room after being injured, and the team finally ended the game with 10 people.
Kompany's performance was praised by Guardiola, but then he has to start to have a headache about how long the captain will be out this time, "Kompany's comeback is very good, especially for him after such a long period of recuperation and no games, he has performed very well on the defensive end. Hopefully his problems are not serious, for now we can only wait for the doctor to give the results. ”
Youngster Garcia scored a two-goal lead for City.
A large rotation of small will pick the girder
Guardiola's starting lineup has a large rotation compared to the league, Sterling, Gundogan and others did not enter the big list, Bravo, De Bruyne substituted, the midfield is full of "little devils". Angelino, 19, Sane, 20, Alex Garcia, 19, and Ichinacho, 19, make up City's doll attack line. However, although the baby soldiers were active and created many opportunities, they were unlucky to break Swansea's goal in the first half.
City's goal finally arrived in the second half, and in the 49th minute, Angelino's cross from the edge of the penalty area, clichy's powerful shot from the right side of the box bounced into the defender and turned into the net, and City finally broke the deadlock. In the 67th minute, Navas passed the ball from the right and Alex Garcia curled a left-footed shot through the middle to extend the score. Judging from the results of the game, Manchester City won the game and advanced to the goal, but the performance of the youngsters was still far from the expected value.
After the end of this round of the League Cup, the fourth round of the League Cup draw is revealed, and Manchester City will visit Old Trafford again again again to play Manchester United and the Red Devils for a place in the top 8. After the league meeting, a month later, it will be a huge surprise for the fans to see another game of strong dialogue and hot topics.
Manchester City squad (4231): Caballero/Savaleta, Kompany, Stones, Clichy/Angelino (58' De Bruyne), Fernando/Alex Garcia (90' Adarabio), Jesús Navas, Sane/Isinacho (80' Brahim Díaz)
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