Live bar September 22, 2022 At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time, the third round of the 2021-2022 English League Cup began to compete, and Manchester City sat at the Etihad Stadium to meet League One side Wecombe Rangers. In the first half, Hanland scored to open the scoring for the Weycombe Rangers, followed by De Bruyne, Mahrez and Foden. City led the Waicombe Rangers 3-1 at half-time. In the second half, Ferran Torres, Mahrez and Palmer scored a goal each, and in the end, Manchester City beat The Weconby Wanderers 6-1 to advance to the fourth round of the League Cup this season.
In the last four seasons of the English League Cup, Manchester City has won four consecutive titles and is the deserved king of the League Cup, and this season Manchester City continues to start the journey of defending the title. In terms of Manchester City's starting lineup, De Bruyne led the game, with Sterling, Foden and Mahrez on the bench, and players such as Jesus and Bernardo Silva on standby.
In the 15th minute, Sterling broke through to the left bottom line of the penalty area, then clipped the defender back to Foden, Who wrapped up the ball and the ball was blocked by the defender. In the 17th minute, Mahrez's high ball from the right was diagonally passed into the box, and Felan Torres' header from the middle of the road was too angled and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 20th minute, the Wellcombe Rangers drove a corner kick from the right into the penalty area, the first point was saved by goalkeeper Steffen, the Weconby Rangers players in the middle of the box met the ball and drew a shot, after the ball was blocked, Tafazoli crossed the low flat ball in front of the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, and the Hanland Midfielders wrapped up and pushed the empty goal, and the Wecombe Rangers led 1-0! ↓
In the 29th minute, Foden broke through with the ball, continuously got rid of defenders and then slanted to the left side of the box, De Bruyne inserted the ball in front of him, took two steps laterally and shot low from a small angle to break the goal, Manchester City equalized, 1-1! ↓
In the 32nd minute, Foden took the ball in front of the penalty area, got rid of the adjustment continuously and then distributed it to Sterling, who shook off the outside of the penalty area and shot with his feet, and the ball hit the upright and popped up. ↓
In the 39th minute, Sterling dribbled past defenders and broke through to the left side of the penalty area, scoring high on his feet.
In the 43rd minute, Mahrez broke through to the top of the penalty area with the ball, opened the angle and fired a low shot, the ball hit the upright and popped up. ↓
In the 44th minute, Wilson dribbled the ball down on the left side of the penalty area, then knocked back in the reverse triangle, Mahrez followed up with a push to break the goal, manchester City rebounded, 2-1! ↓
In the 45th+1 minute, Mahrez drove a tactical corner kick on the right, and after Foden won the ball on the edge of the penalty area, he made a slight adjustment to blast a long-range world wave, and the ball slid into the top left corner of the net, 3-1! ↓
At half-time, Manchester City temporarily 3-1 Waicombe Rangers.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 47th minute, Sterling sent an oblique block from the left side of the front of the penalty area, and Mahrez followed up on the right side of the penalty area, and shot low with no one to watch, the angle was too right, and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper. ↓
In the 64th minute, Foden received a cross from his teammate at the front of the penalty area, and after a slight adjustment, he took off his foot and fired a deflected shot. In the 68th minute, Wellcombe Rangers crossed a low cross from the right and Obita followed up with a one-handed low shot from the middle, which was saved by goalkeeper Steffen.
In the 72nd minute, De Bruyne sent a diagonal block on the left side of the field, Foden inserted the ball on the left side of the box, the low flat ball was crossed in front of the goal, and Ferran Torres swept the ball behind the point to break the goal, 4-1! ↓
In the 83rd minute, De Bruyne sent a straight tuck into the left side of the penalty area, Sterling inserted himself into the bottom line before the inverted triangle knock back, And Mahrez wrapped up the ball in the middle of the road to push the ball and break the goal, 5-1! ↓
In the 89th minute, City played a quick counter-attack, Palmer midfielder dribbled forward, then ran long distance to the top of the penalty area, slightly adjusted and then got up to shoot at the goal, 6-1! ↓
The game ended with Manchester City 6-1 Waikonby Rangers.
Line-ups for both sides:
City starters: 13 Steffen, 56 Riley, 94 Burns, 79 Mbet, 97 Wilson, 90 Lavia, 17 De Bruyne, 47 Forden, 7 Sterling, 21 Ferran Torres, 26 Mahrez
Not playing off the bench: 33 Scott Carson, 3 Ruben Díaz, 27 Cancelo, 87 McCarty, 20 Bernardo Silva, 80 Palmer, 9 Jesus
Wecombe Rangers starters: 13 Stokedale, 3 Jacobson, 4 Gappe, 5 Stuart, 6 Tafazzoli, 7 Wihele, 16 Kekai, 18 Hanlan, 20 Akinfwa (65'9 Vox), 23 Obita, 26 McCarthy
Substitutes not played: 31-Adam Puzbeck, 2-Grimmer, 8-Thompson, 12-McLearry, 17-Hogan, 28-Skowen
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