Leicester 1-1 Man City AET (Man City win 4-3 on pens): Pep G

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Leicester 1-1 Man City AET (Man City win 4-3 on pens): Pep G

Messagepar thanloeuth » Mer Déc 20, 2017 11:25 am

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Manchester City edged into the Carabao Cup semi-finals after beating Leicester 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of action.

Bernardo Silva (26) put the visitors ahead at the King Power Stadium and they looked to be heading through in normal time, but Leicester were awarded a 96th-minute penalty after Kyle Walker fouled Demarai Gray in the box, which Jamie Vardy converted.

With neither side able to find a winner in the 30 minutes of extra time the game went to penalties and, after the first three players from each team had scored, Vardy sent his spot kick wide and Riyad Mahrez had his saved by Claudio Bravo to send Leicester out of the competition.

Player ratings

Leicester: Hamer (5), Amartey (6), Dragovic (6), Maguire (7), Fuchs (6), Chilwell (6), King (6), Iborra (6), Albrighton (5), Okazaki (6), Iheanacho (5).

Subs used: Mahrez (7), Vardy (6), Gray (7).

Man City: Bravo (5), Danilo (6), Mangala (5), Adarabioyo (7), Zinchenko (7), Gundogan (7), Foden (6), Toure (6), Diaz (6), B Silva (8), Jesus (7).

Subs used: Walker (6), Nmecha (6), Dele-Bashiru (6).

Man of the match: Bernardo Silva.

Man City now join Arsenal in Wednesday's semi-final draw after sbobet mobile the Gunners beat West Ham 1-0 in Tuesday's other quarter-final.

Man City began the game well as Silva nicked in ahead of Christian Fuchs in the 14th minute before shooting, but saw his effort well saved by Ben Hamer.

But the Leicester goalkeeper then nearly gifted Man City with an open goal as he came off his line to collect a pass, but skewed the clearance, allowing Ilkay Gundogan to strike - but Harry Maguire was waiting to clear before Silva volleyed the rebound wide.

Team news

Leicester made seven changes from the weekend, with Ben Hamer, Daniel Amartey and Kelechi Iheanacho among those coming in. Man City made nine changes, with Eliaquim Mangala and Ilkay Gundogan the only players to survive from Saturday.
Gundogan nearly got the better of Hamer again in the 21st minute as he looked to curl home from the top of the box, but the Foxes stopper did well to tip the effort onto the crossbar and over.

But five minutes later Man City opened the scoring. It was a devastating counter-attack from the visitors, with Gundogan picking out Silva in the box after a storming run down the field, and the midfielder poked the ball home.

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Bernardo Silva celebrates after opening the scoring for Man City
Leicester's best chance of the first half came in the 34th minute as Ben Chillwell got in behind the Man City defence before finding Kelechi Iheanacho on the right of the box. He played a give and go with Shinji Okazaki before hitting low, but his effort was tipped away well by Bravo.

Although the second half was played with a good pace, there were few clear-cut chances. Man City had the first sight of goal in the 62nd minute as Silva raced into the box from the right sbobet mobile flank but his attempted cross for Gabriel Jesus went behind the striker and ran wide.
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