Defeated Oxford United, Manchester City Advances to the 2019-20 League Cup Semifinals

DBasia.news –  Manchester City managed to secure a place in the semifinals in the English League Cup 2019/2020 season. Facing Oxford United, The Citizens successfully ended the match with a 3-1 victory, at the headquarters of Oxford United, Thursday (12/19/2019) AM.

Appearing as a superior team, Manchester City immediately pressed the Oxford back line at the beginning of the match. However, they had difficulty penetrating Oxford’s tight back line.

Dominating the game, Manchester City were only able to score in the 22nd minute through the action of Joao Cancelo. In the 39th minute, Riyad Mahrez almost doubled Manchester City’s lead. However, his strike was still able to be secured by Jordan Archer.

Before long, it was Oxford’s turn to threaten. However, they also failed to score. The first half ended with a score of 2-1 for the visitors.

After halftime, Oxford managed to score an equalizing goal through Matt Taylor. This goal came 20 seconds after the referee started the match in the second half. The goal from Taylor infuriated City.

They were immediately able to score their second goal in the 50th minute through the action of Raheem Sterling who maximize the delivery of Angelino submissions. Sterling scored his second goal in the 70th minute. This time, he maximized the bait from Gabriel Jesus

In the remaining time of the match, Oxford tried to come out to attack and continue to press City’s back line. However, they failed to score a goal and the match ended with a score of 1-3. This victory has made The Citizens successfully accompany Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup semifinal.

Line-up:

Oxford United: 26-Jordan Archer; 3-Josh Ruffels, 5-Elliott Moore, 4-Robert Dickie, 12-Sam Long; 8-Cameron Brannagan, 6-Alex Rodriguez, 16-Shandon Baptiste (15-John Mousinho 87 ′); 11-Tariqe Fosu, 9-Matt Taylor (19-Jamie Mackie 75 “), 23-Dan Agyei (18-Mark Sykes 57”).

Coach: Karl Robinson

Manchester City: 1-Claudio Bravo; 11-Oleksandr Zinchenko, 50-Eric García, 78-Taylor Harwood-Bellis, 27-Joao Cancelo; 20-Bernardo SIlva, 16-Rodri (8-Ilkay Guendogan 59 ′), 47-Phil Foden; 12-Angelino (9-Gabriel Jesus 62 ′), 7-Raheem Sterling (82-Adrian Bernabe 76 ′), 26-Riyad Mahrez.

Coach: Pep Guardiola